I present a variety of examples on the interplay of number theoretic counting problems and analytic properties of zeta functions. I take a closer look at the representation zeta function of SL(3, Z) and show how to obtain analytic continuation and a natural boundary for this function.
Links:
[1] https://www.mpim-bonn.mpg.de/taxonomy/term/39
[2] https://www.mpim-bonn.mpg.de/node/3444
[3] https://www.mpim-bonn.mpg.de/asymptotic25