On the coefficients of the Taylor expansion of the Dirichlet \(L\)-function at \(s=1\) (Q2717586)

Let \(L(s,\chi)\) be a Dirichlet \(L\)-function associated to a character \(\chi\bmod q\), and denote by \(L^{(n)}(1,\chi)\) the value of its \(n\)th derivative at \(s=1\). In the paper under review, the asymptotic behaviour of \(L^{(n)}(1,\chi)\) (with fixed \(\chi\bmod q\)) as \(n\to\infty\) is studied. It is shown that almost all values \(L^{(n)}(1,\chi)\) are located near the line in the complex plane passing through the origin whose arguments coincides with that of \(i^\alpha\tau(\chi)\); here \(\tau(\chi)\) is the Gauss sum, and \(\alpha\) equals \(0\) or \(1\) according to \(\chi(-1)=1\) or \(=-1\). Further, the author proves that for all sufficiently large \(n\) NEWLINE\[NEWLINE|L^{(n)}(1,\chi)|\leq q^{-n/\log n-1/2} \exp(n\log\log n-n\log\log n/\log n),NEWLINE\]NEWLINE and that for infinitely many \(n\) NEWLINE\[NEWLINE|L^{(n)}(1,\chi)|\geq q^{-n/\log n-1/2} \exp(n\log\log n-n\log\log n/\log n-cn/\log n),NEWLINE\]NEWLINE where \(c\) is an absolute constant. The method of proof is based on the functional equation of Dirichlet \(L\)-functions and the saddle point method.