Higher Hickerson formula

Publication date 13 September 2016

Abstract: Hickerson made an explicit formula for Dedekind sums

s (p, q)

in terms of the continued fraction of

p / q

. We develop analogous formula for generalized Dedekind sums

s_{i, j} (p, q)

defined in association with the

x^{i} y^{j}

-coefficient of the Todd power series of the lattice cone in

B b b R^{2}

generated by

(1, 0)

and

(p, q)

. The formula generalizes Hickerson's original one and reduces to Hickerson's for

i = j = 1

. In the formula, generalized Dedekind sums are divided into two parts: the integral

s_{i j}^{I} (p, q)

and the fractional

s_{i j}^{R} (p, q)

. We apply the formula to Siegel's formula for partial zeta values at a negative integer and obtain a new expression which involves only

s_{i j}^{I} (p, q)

the integral part of generalized Dedekind sums. This formula directly generalize Meyer's formula for the special value at

0

. Using our formula, we present the table of the partial zeta value at

s = - 1

and

- 2

in more explicit form. Finally, we present another application on the equidistribution property of the fractional parts of the graph

B i g (f r a c p q, R_{i + j} q^{i + j - 2} s_{i j} (p, q) B i g)

for a certain integer

R_{i + j}

depending on

i + j

.

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