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We prove a reciprocity type formula for the fourth moment of L-functions associated to holomorphic primitive cusp forms of level one and large weight which relates it to the eighth moment of the Riemann zeta function and the dual weighted…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2026-01-14 Olga Balkanova , Dmitry Frolenkov

In this paper we use techniques first introduced by Florea to improve the asymptotic formula for the first moment of the quadratic Dirichlet L-functions over the rational function field, running over all monic, square-free polynomials of…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2019-08-13 J. C. Andrade , J. MacMillan

Under the generalized Riemann hypothesis, we use Beurling-Selberg extremal functions to bound the mean and mean square of the argument of Dirichlet $L$-functions to a large prime modulus $q$. As applications, we give alternative proofs of…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2026-04-02 Tianyu Zhao

In this note, we prove that given a Hecke-Maass cusp form $f$ for $SL_2(\mathbb{Z})$ and a sufficiently large integer $q=q_1q_2$ with $q_j\asymp \sqrt{q}$ being prime numbers for $j=1,2$, there exists a primitive Dirichlet character $\chi$…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2016-09-13 Qingfeng Sun

We obtain an asymptotic formula for the first moment of quadratic Dirichlet $L$--functions over function fields at the central point $s=\tfrac{1}{2}$. Specifically, we compute the expected value of $L(\tfrac{1}{2},\chi)$ for an ensemble of…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2012-08-07 J. C. Andrade , J. P. Keating

Let $q\ge3$ be an integer, $\chi$ denote a Dirichlet character modulo $q$, for any real number $a\ge 0$, we define the generalized Dirichlet $L$-functions $$ L(s,\chi,a)=\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}\frac{\chi(n)}{(n+a)^s}, $$ where $s=\sigma+it$…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2019-02-12 Rong Ma , Yana Niu , Yulong Zhang

In this article, we study the mixed fourth moments of Hecke--Maass cusp forms and Eisenstein series with type $(2, 2)$. Under the assumptions of the Generalized Riemann Hypothesis (GRH) and the Generalized Ramanujan Conjecture (GRC), we…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2026-01-05 Chengliang Guo

The main purpose of this paper is to study higher order moments of the generalized quadratic Gauss sums weighted by $L$-functions using estimates for character sums and analytic methods. We find asymptotic formulas for three character sums…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2021-04-21 Nilanjan Bag , Rupam Barman

We study the $2k$-th moment of central values of the family of Dirichlet $L$-functions to a fixed prime modulus and establish sharp upper bounds for all real $k \in [0,2]$.

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-11-25 Peng Gao , Liangyi Zhao

Assuming the Riemann Hypothesis we obtain an upper bound for the moments of the Riemann zeta-function on the critical line. Our bound is nearly as sharp as the conjectured asymptotic formulae for these moments. The method extends to moments…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2008-02-09 K. Soundararajan

We compute an asymptotic formula for a moment involving the spinor and the standard $L$-functions for holomorphic Siegel cusp forms of degree two and large weight $k$. Applications include simultaneous non-vanishing statements and lower…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2026-04-24 Valentin Blomer , Soumya Das

In this paper, over imaginary quadratic fields, we consider the family of $L$-functions $L (s, f)$ for an orthonormal basis of spherical Hecke--Maass forms $f$ with Archimedean parameter $t_f$. We establish asymptotic formulae for the…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2022-01-11 Sheng-Chi Liu , Zhi Qi

This paper studies the first moment of symmetric-square $L$-functions at the critical point in the weight aspect. Asymptotics with the best known error term $O(k^{-1/2})$ were obtained independently by Fomenko in 2005 and by Sun in 2013. We…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2018-04-04 Olga Balkanova , Dmitry Frolenkov

Let $q$ be a positive integer ($\geq 2$), $\chi$ be a Dirichlet character modulo $q$, $L(s, \chi)$ be the attached Dirichlet $L$-function, and let $L^\prime(s, \chi)$ denote its derivative with respect to the complex variable $s$. Let $t_0$…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2020-02-06 Kohji Matsumoto , Sumaia Saad Eddin

In this paper, we prove asymptotic formulas of mixed moments of $\rm GL(2)$ and its symmetric square $L$-functions for both Hecke--Maass cusp forms and holomorphic Hecke eigenforms in short intervals. As an application, we prove…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2024-04-05 Bingrong Huang , Liangxun Li

Albeit essential corrections are required both in his claim and in his argument, N.V. Kuznetsov observed in his Bombay article (*) of 1989 a highly interesting transformation formula for spectral sums of products of four values of modular…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Yoichi Motohashi

We study the $2k$-th moment of the family of Dirichlet $L$-functions to a fixed prime modulus on the critical line and establish sharp lower bounds for all real $k \geq 0$ and sharp upper bounds for $k$ in the range $0 \leq k \leq 1$.

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-05-27 Peng Gao , Liangyi Zhao

Let $S(t,f)=\pi^{-1}\arg L(1/2+it, f)$, where $f$ is a holomorphic Hecke cusp form of weight $2$ and prime level $q$. In this paper, we establish an unconditional asymptotic formula for the moments of $S(t,f)$, providing a level aspect…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2026-04-14 Qingfeng Sun , Hui Wang

The moments of quadratic Dirichlet $L$-functions over function fields have recently attracted much attention with the work of Andrade and Keating. In this article, we establish lower bounds for the mean values of the product of quadratic…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2021-09-14 Pranendu Darbar , Gopal Maiti

Let $ \mathfrak{f} $ run over the space $ H_{4k} $ of primitive cusp forms of level one and weight $ 4k $, $ k \in N $. We prove an explicit formula for the mixed moment of the Hecke $ L $-function $ L(\mathfrak{f}, 1/2) $ and the symmetric…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2019-12-18 Olga Balkanova , Gautami Bhowmik , Dmitry Frolenkov , Nicole Raulf