Generalized \(L\)-functions for meromorphic modular forms and their relation to the Riemann zeta function (Q2079562)

Let \(s\in \mathbb{C}\backslash\{1\}\), \(z\in \mathbb{H}=\{ z\in \mathbb{C}, \mathrm{Im}(z)>0\}\) and \(S=\{ z\in \mathbb{H},\exists\: M\in\mathrm{SL}_2(\mathbb{Z}), Mz\in i\mathbb{R}^+ \}\). In the present paper, it is proven that there exists a function \(L_z(s)\) satisfying the following properties: \begin{itemize} \item[1.] For \( \begin{pmatrix} a & b \\ c & d \end{pmatrix}\in \mathrm{SL}_2(\mathbb{Z}) \) and \(z\in \mathbb{H}\backslash S\), we have \[ L_{\frac{az+b}{cz+d}}(s)=L_z(s). \] \item[2.] The function \(z\mapsto L_z(s)\) is harmonic on \(\mathbb{H}\backslash S\). \item[3.] We have the functional equation \[ L_z(2-s)=-L_z(s). \] \item[4.] Suppose that \(1<\mathrm{Re}(z)<2\). Then, for \(x\in \mathbb{R}\backslash \mathbb{Z}\), we have \[ \lim_{y\to \infty} \left(L_{x+iy}(s)-\frac{2\pi i}{s}y^s-\frac{2\pi i}{s-2}y^{2-s}+2\mathrm{Arg}(1-e^{2\pi ix})y^{s-1}\right)=-\frac{24i}{(2\pi)^{s-1}}\Gamma(s)\zeta(s)\zeta(s-1), \] where Arg denotes the principal value of the argument. \end{itemize} Although the generalized \(L\)-functions \(L_z(s)\) do not seem to satisfy the properties of classical \(L\)-functions, note that the limit in (4) is the \(L\)-function associated to the weight two Eisenstein series for \(\mathrm{SL}_2(\mathbb{Z})\).