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Comparing zeros of distinct Dirichlet L-functions

Number Theory 2024-05-21 v2

Abstract

For any θ>13\theta>\frac13, we show that there are constants c1,c2>0c_1,c_2>0 that depend only on θ\theta for which the following property holds. If χ1,χ2\chi_1,\chi_2 are two distinct primitive Dirichlet characters modulo qq, and Tc1qθT\ge c_1q^\theta, then L(s,χ1)L(s,\chi_1) and L(s,χ2)L(s,\chi_2) do not have the same zeros in the region {s=σ+itC:0<σ<1, T<t<T+c2qθlogT}.\big\{s=\sigma+it\in{\mathbb C}:0<\sigma<1,~T<t<T+c_2q^\theta\log T\big\}. For cubefree moduli qq, the same result holds for any θ>14\theta>\frac14.

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@article{arxiv.2302.07073,
  title  = {Comparing zeros of distinct Dirichlet L-functions},
  author = {William D. Banks},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2302.07073},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

7 pages; v.2 improves the main theorem stated in v.1 and implements various suggestions of the referees

R2 v1 2026-06-28T08:39:52.228Z