Eisenstein series of \(1\over 2\)-integral weight and the mean value of real Dirichlet L-series (Q1057920)

The authors study the asymptotic behaviour of sums of type \(\sum_{0<\pm m<x,\quad m \text{ squarefree}}L(\rho,\chi_ m)\), where \(\rho\in {\mathbb{C}}\), Re(\(\rho)\geq\) and \(L(s,\chi_ m)\) is the Dirichlet L-function attached to (m/\(\cdot)\) if \(m\equiv 1 mod 4\) and (4m/\(\cdot)\) if \(m\equiv 2,3 mod 4\). For fixed \(\epsilon >0\) one has for all \(\rho\) with Re\((\rho)\geq 1\) \[ \sum_{m\text{ as above}}L(\rho,\chi_ m)=c(\rho) x+O(x^{+\epsilon}), \] where c(\(\rho)\) is an explicitly given analytic function (theorem 1). For \(\leq Re(\rho)\leq 1\) there are similar results. The special case \(\rho =\) was previously investigated by \textit{M. Jutila} [Analysis 1, 149-161 (1981; Zbl 0485.10029)]. Sums of different but related type occur in the work of \textit{L. A. Takhtadzhyan} and \textit{A. I. Vinogradov} [Sov. Math., Dokl. 22, 555-559 (1980); translation from Dokl. Akad. Nauk SSSR 254, 1298-1301 (1980; Zbl 0468.10022)]. In theorem 2 the authors describe in detail the analytic behaviour of the Dirichlet series \[ Z_{\pm}(\rho,s)=\sum_{\pm m>1,\quad m\text{ squarefree}}L(\rho,\chi_ n) | m|^{-s} \] for \(Re(s)>\). In their proofs the authors make extensive use of the analytic properties of Eisenstein series of half-integral weight.