A note on the mean value of the zeta and L-functions. I (Q1063062)

In a series of notes, of which this is the first, the author investigates mean values of \(\zeta\) (s) and L-functions. His work may be viewed as a generalization of the important formula of \textit{F. V. Atkinson} [Acta Math. 81, 353-376 (1949; Zbl 0036.186)] concerning the mean value of \(| \zeta (1/2+it)|^ 2\) (see also Ch. 15 of the reviewer's monograph on \(\zeta\) (s) [The Riemann zeta-function (1985; Zbl 0556.10026)]). The main result of the present note is \[ (1)\quad (q- 1)^{-1}\sum_{\chi (mod q)}| L(+it,\chi)|^ 2= \] \[ \log (q/2\pi)+2\gamma +Re (\Gamma '/\Gamma)(+it)+2q^{-1/2}| \zeta (+it)|^ 2 \cos (t \log q)-q^{-1}| \zeta (+it)|^ 2+O(q^{-3/2}), \] valid for t real and fixed, and q a prime. \(\{\) Reviewer's remark: \textit{T. Meurman} [A generalization of Atkinson's formula to L-functions, Acta Arith. (to appear; Zbl 0561.10019)] independently investigated mean square estimates of L-functions at \(+it\). His work contains different proofs of Motohashi's Lemma 1 and Lemma 2, but it does not contain (1)\(\}\).