Dedekind sums s(a,b) and inversions modulo b

DOI10.1142/S1793042115501067MaRDI QIDQ3458262zbMATH OpenWikidataFDO

Authors Yiwang Chen, Nicholas Dunn, Campbell Hewett, Shashwat Silas

Publication date 18 December 2015

Published in International Journal of Number Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1411.4092

zbMATH Keywords

Dedekind suminversion numberinversion polynomialDedekind sum reciprocity law

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Dedekind eta function, Dedekind sums (11F20)

Abstract: We introduce the inversion polynomial for Dedekind sums $f_b(x)=sum{x}^{operatornameinv(a,b)}$ to study the number of $s(a,b)$ which have the same value for given $b$. We prove several properties of this polynomial and present some conjectures. We also introduce connections between Kloosterman sums and the inversion polynomial evaluated at particular roots of unity. Finally, we improve on previously known bounds for the second highest value of the Dedekind sum and provide a conjecture for a possible generalization. Lastly, we include a new restriction on equal Dedekind sums based on the reciprocity formula.

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