Non-vanishing of class group $L$-functions at the central point

Blomer, Valentin

doi:10.5802/aif.2035

Non-vanishing of class group

L

-functions at the central point

Blomer, Valentin

Annales de l'Institut Fourier, Volume 54 (2004) no. 4, p. 831-847

Abstract
Résumé

Let $K = ℚ (\sqrt{- D})$ be an imaginary quadratic field, and denote by $h$ its class number. It is shown that there is an absolute constant $c > 0$ such that for sufficiently large $D$ at least $c \cdot h \prod_{p ∣ D} (1 - p^{- 1})$ of the $h$ distinct $L$ -functions $L_{K} (s, χ)$ do not vanish at the central point $s = 1 / 2$ .

Étant donné un corps quadratique imaginaire $K = ℚ (\sqrt{- D})$ , notons $h$ son nombre de classes. Nous montrons qu’il existe une constante $c$ telle que pour $D$ assez grand, au moins $c \cdot h \prod_{p ∣ D} (1 - p^{- 1})$ des $h$ fonctions $L$ distinctes $L_{K} (s, χ)$ ne s’annulent pas au point central $s = 1 / 2$ .

MR 2111013 | Zbl 1063.11040

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5802/aif.2035
Classification: 11R42, 11M41, 11F67
Keywords: non-vanishing results,

L

-functions, imaginary quadratic fields, mollifier

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Blomer, Valentin. Non-vanishing of class group $L$-functions at the central point. Annales de l'Institut Fourier, Volume 54 (2004) no. 4, pp. 831-847. doi : 10.5802/aif.2035. http://www.numdam.org/item/AIF_2004__54_4_831_0/

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