Mean value theorems for the Apostol-Vu double zeta-function and its application (Q6169203)

For \(1\leq i\leq 3\), let \(s_i=\sigma_i+it_i\) be complex variables with \(\sigma_i\), \(t_i \in \mathbb{R}\). The Apostol-Vu double zeta-function is defined by \[ \zeta_{AV, 2}(s_1, s_2, s_3)=\sum_{m\geq 1} \sum_{n<m} \frac{1}{m^{s_1}n^{s_2}(m+n)^{s_3}}, \] for \(\sigma_i>1\). The above double zeta function can be extended meromorphically to the whole \(\mathbb{C}^3\)-space, and its singularities are \(s_1 + s_3 = 1 -l\) or \(s_1 + s_2 + s_3 = 2-l\) for \(l\in \mathbb{N}\). The main purpose of this paper is to establish mean value theorems for the above double zeta-function \(\zeta_{AV, 2}(s_1, s_2, s_3)\). For instance, the author provides asymptotic estimates for \(\int_{2}^T\mid\zeta_{AV, 2}(s_1, s_2, s_3)\mid ^2 dt_3\) as \(T\to \infty\) in terms of \(s_1\), \(s_2\) and \(\sigma_3\). As consequence, the author obtains easily an approximation formula for the Mordell-Tornheim double zeta function \(\zeta_{MT, 2}(s_1, s_2, s_3)\) and proves a mean square formula for it.