Sequences and Series/Dirichlet‒Hurwitz series

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Definition (Dirichlet‒Hurwitz series):

Let be a function, and let . The Dirichlet‒Hurwitz series associated to and is the function of given by the series

.

Definition (abscissa of absolute convergence of Dirichlet‒Hurwitz series):

Let be a function, and let . Suppose that there exists a number such that

converges whenever and diverges whenever . Then is called the abscissa of absolute convergence of the Dirichlet‒Hurwitz series associated to and .

Proposition (existence of abscissa of absolute convergence of Dirichlet‒Hurwitz series):

Let be a function, and let . Suppose that