Research Article

Dedekind sums arising from newform Eisenstein series

Published: 2020-11

Journal: International Journal of Number Theory

DOI: 10.1142/s1793042120501092

Abstract

For primitive nontrivial Dirichlet characters [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text], we study the weight zero newform Eisenstein series [Formula: see text] at [Formula: see text]. The holomorphic part of this function has a transformation rule that we express in finite terms as a generalized Dedekind sum. This gives rise to the explicit construction (in finite terms) of elements of [Formula: see text]. We also give a short proof of the reciprocity formula for this Dedekind sum.

Faculty Members

  • M. P. Young - Department of Mathematics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-3368, USA
  • T. Stucker - University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844, USA
  • A. Vennos - Salisbury University, Salisbury, MD 21801, USA

Themes

  • Dedekind sums
  • Dirichlet characters
  • reciprocity formula
  • Eisenstein series
  • transformation rules

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