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In this paper, we obtain asymptotic formulas for weighted first moments of central values of families of primitive quadratic Dirichlet $L$-functions whose conductors comprise only primes that split in a given quadratic number field. We then…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2020-01-01 Peng Gao , Liangyi Zhao

We devise heuristics using multiple Dirichlet series to predict asymptotic formulas for shifted moments of (1) the family of Dirichlet $L$-functions of all even primitive characters of conductor $\leq Q$, with $Q$ a parameter tending to…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-01-23 Siegfred Baluyot , Martin Čech

There has recently been some interest in optimizing the error term in the asymptotic for the fourth moment of Dirichlet L-functions and a closely related mixed moment of L-functions involving automorphic L-functions twisted by Dirichlet…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2024-01-04 Rizwanur Khan , Zeyuan Zhang

In this paper, we give an asymptotic formula for the second moment of Dirichlet twists of an automorphic $L$-function $L(s, \pi)$ on the critical line averaged over characters and conductors, where $\pi$ denotes an irreducible tempered…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2021-11-10 Keiju Sono

We prove an upper bound on the density of zeros very close to the critical line of the family of Dirichlet $L$-functions of modulus $q$ at height $T$. To do this, we derive an asymptotic for the twisted second moment of Dirichlet…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2022-11-14 George Dickinson

We prove the q-aspect analogue of Heath-Brown's result on the twelfth power moment of the Riemann zeta function for Dirichlet L-functions to odd prime power moduli. Our results rely on the p-adic method of stationary phase for sums of…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2020-06-23 Djordje Milićević , Daniel White

In this paper, we study the first moment of central values of Hecke $L$-functions associated with quartic characters.

Number Theory · Mathematics 2020-03-11 Peng Gao , Liangyi Zhao

We consider moments of higher powers of quadratic Dirichlet character sums. In a restricted region, we give their asymptotic behavior by using de la Bret\`{e}che's multivariable Tauberian theorem. We also give the lower bound of the…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-02-28 Yuichiro Toma

We compute an asymptotic formula for the mixed second moment of the $\mu$-th and $\nu$-th derivatives of quadratic Dirichlet $L$-functions over monic, irreducible polynomials in the function field setting.

Number Theory · Mathematics 2024-12-03 Christopher G. Best

In this paper we extend the hybrid Euler-Hadamard product model for quadratic Dirichlet $L$-functions associated to irreducible polynomials over function fields. We also establish an asymptotic formula for the first twisted moment in this…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2019-09-20 Julio Andrade , Asmaa Shamesaldeen

In this note, we prove the existence of a secondary term in the asymptotic formula of the cubic moment of quadratic Dirichlet L-functions $$\sum_{\substack{d - \mathrm{monic \, \& \, sq. \, free} \mathrm{deg}\, d \, = \, D}}…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2018-01-03 Adrian Diaconu

We derive formulas for the terms in the conjectured asymptotic expansions of the moments, at the central point, of quadratic Dirichlet $L$-functions, $L(1/2,\chi_d)$, and also of the $L$-functions associated to quadratic twists of an…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2012-06-18 Ian P. Goulden , Duc Khiem Huynh , Rishikesh , Michael O. Rubinstein

We study the second moment of the central values of quadratic twists of a modular $L$-function. Unconditionally, we obtain a lower bound which matches the conjectured asymptotic formula, while on GRH we prove the asymptotic formula itself.

Number Theory · Mathematics 2013-03-27 Matthew P. Young , K. Soundararajan

We evaluate the first moment of the family of primitive quadratic Hecke $L$-functions in the Gaussian field using the method of double Dirichlet series under the Riemann hypothesis and the Lindel\"of hypothesis. We obtain asymptotic…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2026-03-30 Peng Gao , Liangyi Zhao

We establish an asymptotic formula with a power-saving error term for the twisted mixed moment of Dirichlet $L$-functions and automorphic $L$-functions twisted by all primitive characters modulo $q$, valid for all admissible moduli. As a…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-12-11 Zhenpeng Tang , Xiaosheng Wu

We compute the second moment in the family of quadratic Dirichlet $L$-functions with prime conductors over $\mathbb{F}_q[x]$ when the degree of the discriminant goes to infinity, obtaining one of the lower order terms. We also obtain an…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2019-09-04 Hung M. Bui , Alexandra Florea

We investigate various mean value problems involving order three primitive Dirichlet characters. In particular, we obtain an asymptotic formula for the first moment of central values of the Dirichlet L-functions associated to this family,…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2013-03-27 Stephan Baier , Matthew P. Young

We study the family of Dirichlet $L$-functions of all even primitive characters of conductor at most $Q$, where $Q$ is a parameter tending to $\infty$. For an arbitrary positive integer $k$, we approximate the twisted $2k$th moment of this…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2022-05-03 Siegfred Baluyot , Caroline L. Turnage-Butterbaugh

We compute asymptotic formulae for the mollified first and second moments for the family of quadratic Dirichlet $L$-functions in the function field setting. As an application, we obtain non-vanishing results for the derivatives of the…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2024-12-03 Julio C. Andrade , Christopher G. Best

We prove a Lindel\"of-on-average upper bound for the fourth moment of Dirichlet $L$-functions of conductor $q$ along a coset of the subgroup of characters modulo $d$ when $q^*|d$, where $q^*$ is the least positive integer such that…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2026-05-06 Ian Petrow , Matthew P. Young