A vanishing criterion for Dirichlet series with periodic coefficients

DOI10.1090/CONM/701/14141zbMATH Open1440.11158arXiv1809.01841OpenAlexW2793552188MaRDI QIDQ4635404FDOQ4635404

M. Ram Murty, Siddhi S. Pathak, Tapas Chatterjee

Publication date: 16 April 2018

Published in: Number Theory Related to Modular Curves (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We address the question of non-vanishing of $L(1,f)$ where $f$ is an algebraic-valued, periodic arithmetical function. We do this by characterizing algebraic-valued, periodic functions $f$ for which $L(1,f)=0$. The case of odd functions was resolved by Baker, Birch and Wirsing in 1973. We apply a result of Bass to obtain a characterization for the even functions. We also describe a theorem of the first two authors which says that it is enough to consider only the even and the odd functions in order to obtain a complete characterization.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1809.01841

zbMATH Keywords

linear forms in logarithmsBass's theorem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Real zeros of (L(s, chi)); results on (L(1, chi)) (11M20) (zeta (s)) and (L(s, chi)) (11M06)

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• Transcendental numbers and special values of Dirichlet series
• Linear independence of harmonic numbers over the field of algebraic numbers
• The Okada space and vanishing of \(L(1,f)\)
• Linear Independence of Logarithms of Cyclotomic Numbers and a Conjecture of Livingston
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• Distribution and non-vanishing of special values of L-series attached to Erdős functions

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