The Dirichlet eta function (the alternating zeta function) is given by
$$η(s)=∑_{n=1}^{∞}(-1)ⁿ⁻¹/n^{s}$$
The functional equation for $η(s)$ is given by
$$η(s)=ϕ(s)η(1-s)$$
where $$ϕ(s)=2(((1-2^{-1+s}))/(1-2^{s}))π^{s-1}sin(((πs)/2))Γ(1-s)$$
Apply it twice we get
$$(1-ϕ(1-s)ϕ(s))η(1-s)=0$$
Assume that $η(s)≠0$, then my question is: Can we deduce that $$1-ϕ(1-s)ϕ(s)=0$$ since $η(1-s)≠0$ or we get $$1-ϕ(1-s)ϕ(s)=0$$ for all $s∈ℂ$. Maybe I missing some thing!
We have
$$ϕ(s)=2(((1-2^{-1+s}))/(1-2^{s}))π^{s-1}sin(((πs)/2))Γ(1-s)$$
$$ϕ(1-s)=2(((1-2^{-1+(1-s)}))/(1-2^{(1-s)}))π^{(1-s)-1}sin(((π(1-s))/2))Γ(s)$$
Let $s=α+iβ$ such that $ϕ(s)≠0$ and $ϕ(1-s)≠0$
then the equation
$$1-ϕ(1-s)ϕ(s)=0$$ imply
$$sin(πα)cosh(πβ)-2cos((1/2)πα)sin((1/2)πα)cosh²((1/2)πβ)-2cos((1/2)πα)sin((1/2)πα)sinh²((1/2)πβ)=0$$ and $$cos(πα)sinh(πβ)-2cos²((1/2)πα)cosh((1/2)πβ)sinh((1/2)πβ)+2sin²((1/2)πα)cosh((1/2)πβ)sinh((1/2)πβ)=0$$ since the partial derivatives are all zero with respect to $α$ and $β$.