Conditional estimates on the argument of Dirichlet $L$-functions with applications to low-lying zeros

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contents Under the generalized Riemann hypothesis, we use Beurling-Selberg extremal functions to bound the mean and mean square of the argument of Dirichlet $L$-functions to a large prime modulus $q$. As applications, we give alternative proofs of several results on low-lying zeros of $L(s,χ)$ and obtain a new lower bound on the proportion of $L(s,χ)$ modulo $q$ with zeros close to the central point $s=1/2$. In particular, we show conditionally that for any $β>1/4$, there exist a positive proportion of Dirichlet $L$-functions whose first zero has height less than $β$ times the average spacing between consecutive zeros.
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spellingShingle Conditional estimates on the argument of Dirichlet $L$-functions with applications to low-lying zeros
Zhao, Tianyu
Number Theory
11M06, 11M26
Under the generalized Riemann hypothesis, we use Beurling-Selberg extremal functions to bound the mean and mean square of the argument of Dirichlet $L$-functions to a large prime modulus $q$. As applications, we give alternative proofs of several results on low-lying zeros of $L(s,χ)$ and obtain a new lower bound on the proportion of $L(s,χ)$ modulo $q$ with zeros close to the central point $s=1/2$. In particular, we show conditionally that for any $β>1/4$, there exist a positive proportion of Dirichlet $L$-functions whose first zero has height less than $β$ times the average spacing between consecutive zeros.
title Conditional estimates on the argument of Dirichlet $L$-functions with applications to low-lying zeros
topic Number Theory
11M06, 11M26
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.13301