Multiple gamma functions and \(L\)-functions
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: Multiple gamma functions and \(L\)-functions
zbMATH Open document ID: 0867.11061
author: Marat Rovinsky
published in: Mathematical Research Letters
publication date: 1997-08-10T00:00:00Z
reviewed by: Tom M. Apostol
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 11M41
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 11M35
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 11M36
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 33B15
zbMATH DE Number: 980883
zbMATH Keywords: multiple gamma functions
zbMATH Keywords: functional equations for Selberg zeta functions
zbMATH Keywords: Hurwitz zeta function
zbMATH Keywords: derivatives of Dirichlet \(L\)-functions
MaRDI profile type: MaRDI publication profile
full work available at URL: mrl.1996.v3.n5.a11
OpenAlex ID: W2326565040
DOI: 10.4310/MRL.1996.V3.N5.A11
review text: Multiple gamma functions, first introduced and studied by E. W. Barnes and others around 1900, play an important role in the study of functional equations for Selberg zeta functions and other topics in modern analytic number theory. This paper makes a case for defining a multiple gamma function as a meromorphic function \(\Gamma_P(u)\) associated with any polynomial \(P\) that has integer values at integer points. When \(P(t)=(\begin{smallmatrix} n-t\\ n\end{smallmatrix})\) this definition gives the Barnes function \(\Gamma_{n+1}(u)\). The definition relates \(\Gamma_P(u)\) to the Hurwitz zeta function by the formula NEWLINE\[NEWLINE\Gamma_P(u)= \exp\Biggl[ \sum^\infty_{n=0} {(-1)^n\over n!} P^{(n)}(u)(\zeta'(-n,u)- \zeta'(-n))\Biggr],NEWLINE\]NEWLINE which makes possible simple derivations of many of the basic properties of \(\Gamma_P(u)\). It is also shown that the study of derivatives of Dirichlet \(L\)-functions is equivalent to the study of values of \(\Gamma_P(u)\) at rational points.
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