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The cubic Pell equation L-function

Number Theory 2023-08-21 v3

Abstract

For d>1d > 1 a cubefree rational integer, we define an LL-function (denoted Ld(s)L_d(s)) whose coefficients are derived from the cubic theta function for Q(3)\mathbb Q\left(\sqrt{-3}\right). The Dirichlet series defining Ld(s)L_d(s) converges for Re(s)>1\text{Re}(s) > 1, and its coefficients vanish except at values corresponding to integral solutions of mx3dny3=1mx^3 - dny^3 = 1 in Q(3)\mathbb Q\left(\sqrt{-3}\right), where mm and nn are squarefree. By generalizing the methods used to prove the Takhtajan-Vinogradov trace formula, we obtain the meromorphic continuation of Ld(s)L_d(s) to Re(s)>12\text{Re}(s) > \frac{1}{2} and prove that away from its poles, it satisfies the bound Ld(s)s72L_d(s) \ll |s|^{\frac{7}{2}} and has a possible simple pole at s=23s = \frac{2}{3}, possible poles at the zeros of a certain Appell hypergeometric function, with no other poles. We conjecture that the latter case does not occur, so that Ld(s)L_d(s) has no other poles with Re(s)>12\text{Re}(s) > \frac{1}{2} besides the possible simple pole at s=23s = \frac{2}{3}.

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@article{arxiv.2209.11874,
  title  = {The cubic Pell equation L-function},
  author = {Dorian Goldfeld and Gerhardt Hinkle},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2209.11874},
  year   = {2023}
}