On optimality of mollifiers

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Autori principali: Čech, Martin, Matomäki, Kaisa
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author Čech, Martin
Matomäki, Kaisa
author_facet Čech, Martin
Matomäki, Kaisa
contents Mollifiers are used in a variety of contexts, for instance to study the non-vanishing of $L$-functions. In this paper, we study the general question of finding optimal mollifiers and provide criteria to identify them provided the corresponding mollified moments can be computed. As an application, we study the non-vanishing of central values of Dirichlet $L$-functions. In particular we show that the Michel-Vanderkam mollifier is optimal in a wide class of balanced two-piece mollifiers as well as provide a new proof that the Iwaniec-Sarnak mollifier is optimal in a wide class of one-piece mollifiers.
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spellingShingle On optimality of mollifiers
Čech, Martin
Matomäki, Kaisa
Number Theory
11M20
Mollifiers are used in a variety of contexts, for instance to study the non-vanishing of $L$-functions. In this paper, we study the general question of finding optimal mollifiers and provide criteria to identify them provided the corresponding mollified moments can be computed. As an application, we study the non-vanishing of central values of Dirichlet $L$-functions. In particular we show that the Michel-Vanderkam mollifier is optimal in a wide class of balanced two-piece mollifiers as well as provide a new proof that the Iwaniec-Sarnak mollifier is optimal in a wide class of one-piece mollifiers.
title On optimality of mollifiers
topic Number Theory
11M20
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.12526