Some remarks on the Riemann zeta distribution

The Riemann zeta function ζ(z) = ∑∞ n=1 1 nz , where z = σ+it ∈ C, plays an important role in connection with the distribution of primes. A probabilistically pleasant fact is that the zeta function, as a function of t, properly normalized, is a characteristic function, the distribution of which is compound Poisson. This property is exploited and some facts from analytic number theory are (re)established.