Some arithmetic properties of partial zeta functions weighted by a sign character (Q2268813)

From the text: We introduce two types of zeta functions (\(\psi\)-type and \(\zeta\)-type) of one complex variable associated to an arbitrary number field \(K\). We prove various arithmetic identities which involve both of them. We also study their special values at integral arguments. In more detail, we introduce two types of zeta functions of a complex variable \(s\) which depend on the choice of a fixed order \(\mathcal O\) of a number field \(K\) and some additional data. The first type may be viewed as a zeta function whose general term is weighted by the product of a sign character of \(K^{\times}\) with a certain additive character of \(K\). The second type may be viewed as a partial zeta function of \(K\) whose general term is weighted by a sign character of \(K^{\times}\). Special cases of these two types of zeta functions appear in the work of \textit{E. Hecke} [Gött. Nachr. 1917, 77--89 (1917; JFM 46.0256.02), resp. Mathematische Werke. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck \& Ruprecht, 159--177 (1959; Zbl 0092.00102)] and \textit{C. L. Siegel} [Nachr. Akad. Wiss. Göttingen, II. Math.-Phys. Kl. 1968, 7--38 (1968; Zbl 0273.12002) and ibid. 1969, 87--102 (1969; Zbl 0186.08804)]. Some of their arithmetic properties were known to Siegel (at least in the case where \(\mathcal O\) is the maximal order of \(K\)) and probably to the experts. But to the author's best knowledge, no systematic treatment of them can be found in the literature. This paper concentrates on the main arithmetic properties on these two types of zeta functions. We now briefly describe the content of this paper. In Section 2 we define functions of \(\psi\)-type and \(\zeta\)-type and we prove some key identities for both of these. In Section 3 we recall a functional equation (proved by the author in [Acta Arith. 136, No. 3, 213--228 (2009; Zbl 1239.11129)]) which relates these two types under the change of variables \(s\mapsto 1-s\). We also show that a function of \(\zeta\)-type can be written as a certain linear combination of functions of \(\psi\)-type and vice versa. In Section 4 we set some notation about Hecke characters and Gauss sums. This allows us to give a precise relation between zeta functions of \(\psi\)-type and \(L\)-functions associated to a primitive Hecke character. In Section 5 we study their special values at integral arguments which we relate to special values of classical partial zeta functions. In a forthcoming paper, the author would like to construct certain Eisenstein series such that the constant term of their \(q\)-expansion is a special value at some negative integer of a function of \(\psi\)-type or \(\zeta\)-type. Once this is done one can then apply the so-called \(q\)-expansion principle to these Eisenstein series to study \(p\)-divisibility properties of these special values.