The cubic Pell equation L-function
Number Theory
2023-08-21 v3
Abstract
For a cubefree rational integer, we define an -function (denoted ) whose coefficients are derived from the cubic theta function for . The Dirichlet series defining converges for , and its coefficients vanish except at values corresponding to integral solutions of in , where and are squarefree. By generalizing the methods used to prove the Takhtajan-Vinogradov trace formula, we obtain the meromorphic continuation of to and prove that away from its poles, it satisfies the bound and has a possible simple pole at , 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 has no other poles with besides the possible simple pole at .
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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}
}