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A formula for the central value of certain Hecke L-functions

Number Theory 2007-05-23 v3

Abstract

Let N = 1 mod 4 be the negative of a prime, K=Q(sqrt{N}) and O_K its ring of integers. Let D be a prime ideal in O_K of prime norm congruent to 3 modulo 4. Under these assumptions, there exists Hecke characters ψ\D\psi_{\D} of K with conductor (\D)(\D) and infinite type (1,0)(1,0). Their L-series L(\psi_\D,s)areassociatedtoaCMellipticcurveE(N,\D)definedovertheHilbertclassfieldof are associated to a CM elliptic curve E(N,\D) defined over the Hilbert class field of K.WewillproveaWaldspurgertypeformulaforL(ψ\D,s)oftheformL(ψ\D,1)=Ω[\A],Ir(\D,[\A],I)m[\A],I([\D])wherethesumisoverclassidealrepresentativesIofamaximalorderinthequaternionalgebraramifiedatNandinfinityand[\A]areclassgrouprepresentativesof. We will prove a Waldspurger-type formula for L(\psi_\D,s) of the form L(\psi_\D,1) = \Omega \sum_{[\A],I} r(\D,[\A],I) m_{[\A],I}([\D]) where the sum is over class ideal representatives I of a maximal order in the quaternion algebra ramified at |N| and infinity and [\A] are class group representatives of K.AnapplicationofthisformulaforthecaseN=7willallowustoprovethenonvanishingofafamilyofLseriesoflevel. An application of this formula for the case N=-7 will allow us to prove the non-vanishing of a family of L-series of level 7|D|over over K$.

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@article{arxiv.math/0309023,
  title  = {A formula for the central value of certain Hecke L-functions},
  author = {Ariel Pacetti},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0309023},
  year   = {2007}
}

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