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The first moment of quadratic Dirichlet L-functions

Number Theory 2013-03-27 v3

Abstract

We obtain an asymptotic formula for the smoothly weighted first moment of primitive quadratic Dirichlet L-functions at the central point, with an error term that is "square-root" of the main term. Our approach uses a recursive technique that feeds the result back into itself, successively improving the error term.

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@article{arxiv.0804.4141,
  title  = {The first moment of quadratic Dirichlet L-functions},
  author = {Matthew P. Young},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0804.4141},
  year   = {2013}
}

Comments

24 pages. v2: Fixed typos in the statements of Theorem 1.1 and Remark 2.2. v3: Improved notation and fixed typos

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