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

dc.contributor.authorAlderson, Matthew
dc.date.accessioned2010-04-27T18:10:04Z
dc.date.available2010-04-27T18:10:04Z
dc.date.issued2010-04-27T18:10:04Z
dc.date.submitted2010-04-27
dc.description.abstractIn 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.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10012/5085
dc.language.isoenen
dc.pendingfalseen
dc.publisherUniversity of Waterlooen
dc.subjectintegral momentsen
dc.subjectquadratic Dirichlet L-functionsen
dc.subjectquadratic Dirichlet charactersen
dc.subjectDedekind zeta functionen
dc.subject.programPure Mathematicsen
dc.titleIntegral Moments of Quadratic Dirichlet L-functions: A Computational Perspectiveen
dc.typeMaster Thesisen
uws-etd.degreeMaster of Mathematicsen
uws-etd.degree.departmentPure Mathematicsen
uws.peerReviewStatusUnrevieweden
uws.scholarLevelGraduateen
uws.typeOfResourceTexten

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