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Integral Moments of Quadratic Dirichlet L-functions: A Computational Perspective

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2010-04-27T18:10:04Z

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Alderson, Matthew

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University of Waterloo

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In recent years, the moments of L-functions has been a topic of growing interest in the field of analytic number theory. New techniques, including applications of Random Matrix Theory and multiple Dirichlet series, have lead to many well-posed theorems and conjectures for the moments of various L-functions. In this thesis, we theoretically and numerically examine the integral moments of quadratic Dirichlet $L$-functions. In particular, we exhibit and discuss the conjectures for the moments which result from the applications of Random Matrix Theory, number theoretic heuristics, and the theory of multiple Dirichlet series. In the case of the cubic moment, we further numerically investigate the possible existence of additional lower order main terms.

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integral moments, quadratic Dirichlet L-functions, quadratic Dirichlet characters, Dedekind zeta function

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http://hdl.handle.net/10012/5085

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