The saddle-point method and the Li coefficients (Q2882479)

This paper considers the asymptotics of Li coefficients \(\lambda_F(n)\) of functions \(F\) from the Selberg class \(\mathcal{S}\) of \(L\)-functions. The main result stated in the paper is that, under the Generalized Riemann Hypothesis (GRH), we have NEWLINE\[NEWLINE \lambda_F(n)=\frac{d_f}{2} n\log n + c_F n + O(\sqrt{n} \log n), \qquad n\to+\infty, NEWLINE\]NEWLINE for every \(F\in\mathcal{S}\), where \(d_F\) denotes the degree of \(F\) and \(c_F\) is another invariant.NEWLINENEWLINEThe method of proof does not seem quite clear to the reviewer. In particular, the reviewer did not understand how the estimate (4.4) is obtained, e.g., for which part of the contour of integration is the quadratic approximation obtained and used, and for which part is the integral just bounded from above (and how). It is also not clear why we can assume ``without loss of generality'' that the data \(\mu_j\) from the functional equation of \(F\) are real (p. 324, beginning of the proof of Theorem 4.1), or how the estimate in Proposition 4.3 (apparently referring to positive integers \(m\), \(k\)) can be applied (at the top of p. 325) to parameters that are not necessarily integers.NEWLINENEWLINEEditorial note: The author has updated his article and included furtherNEWLINEexplanations. These can be consulted at \url{arXiv:1506.01755}.