Spacing of zeros of Hecke L-functions and the class number problem

DOI10.4064/AA103-3-5zbMATH Open1007.11051arXivmath/0111012OpenAlexW2062065723MaRDI QIDQ4548864FDOQ4548864

Authors: John Brian Conrey, H. Iwaniec 

Publication date: 27 August 2002

Published in: Acta Arithmetica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We derive strong and effective lower bounds for the class number h(q) of the imaginary quadratic field Q(sqrt{-q}), conditionally subject to the existence of many small (subnormal) gaps between zeros of the L-function associated with a character of the class group associated with this field. In particular, we prove that if the gap between consecutive zeros of the L-function is somewhat smaller than the average for sufficiently many pairs of zeros on the critical line, then h >> sqrt q (log q)^{-A} for some constant A > 0. For the trivial character, the L-function is the Dedekind zeta-function of the number field and so contains the Riemann zeta-function as a factor. Thus, as a corollary to our main result, we prove that this lower bound for h follows from the hypothesis that there are sufficiently many pairs of adjacent zeros of the Riemann zeta-function on the critical line whose spacing is slightly smaller than 1/2 of the average spacing.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0111012

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zbMATH Keywords

central valueimaginary quadratic fieldsHecke \(L\)-functionclass number problem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Real zeros of (L(s, chi)); results on (L(1, chi)) (11M20) Class numbers, class groups, discriminants (11R29) Zeta functions and (L)-functions of number fields (11R42)

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