The Lerch zeta-function

This monograph is a generalization of the classic Riemann, and Hurwitz zeta-functions, containing both analytic and probability theory of Lerch zeta-functions. The book starts with classical analytical theory (Euler gamma-functions, functional equation, mean square) and offers up-to-date results: on approximate functional equations and its applications and on zero distribution (zero-free regions, number of nontrivial zeros and so forth). Special attention is given to limit theorems in the sense of the weak convergence of probability measures for the Lerch zeta-function. From limit theorems in the space of analytic functions the universality and functional independence is derived. This book should be useful to researchers and graduate students working in analytic and probabilistic number theory, and can also be used as a textbook for postgraduate students.