• Journal of the Chungcheong Mathematical Society
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• v.27 no.1
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• pp.9-16
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• 2014

Let $\mathbb{A}=\mathbb{F}_q[T]$ be a polynomial ring over $\mathbb{F}_q$. In this paper we determine an asymptotic mean value of quadratic Dirich-let L-functions L(s, ${\chi}_{{\gamma}D}$) at the central point s=$\frac{1}{2}$, where D runs over all monic square-free polynomials of even degree in $\mathbb{A}$ and ${\gamma}$ is a generator of $\mathbb{F}_q^*$.

• Korean Journal of Mathematics
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• v.21 no.4
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• pp.365-374
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• 2013

Let $k=\mathbb{F}_q(T)$ be a rational function field over the finite field $\mathbb{F}_q$, where q is a power of an odd prime number, and $\mathbb{A}=\mathbb{F}_q[T]$. Let ${\gamma}$ be a generator of $\mathbb{F}^*_q$. Let $\mathcal{H}_n$ be the subset of $\mathbb{A}$ consisting of monic square-free polynomials of degree n. In this paper we obtain an asymptotic formula for the mean value of $L(1,{\chi}_{\gamma}{\small{D}})$ and calculate the average value of the ideal class number $h_{\gamma}\small{D}$ when the average is taken over $D{\in}\mathcal{H}_{2g+2}$.

• Bulletin of the Korean Mathematical Society
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• v.56 no.4
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• pp.815-827
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• 2019

It is well known that the denominator of the Dedekind sum s(c, d) divides 2 gcd(d, 3)d and that no smaller denominator independent of c can be expected. In contrast, here we prove that we usually get a smaller denominator in S(H, d), the sum of the s(c, d)'s over all the c's in a subgroup H of order n > 1 in the multiplicative group $(\mathbb{Z}/d\mathbb{Z})^*$. First, we prove that for p > 3 a prime, the sum 2S(H, p) is a rational integer of the same parity as (p-1)/2. We give an application of this result to upper bounds on relative class numbers of imaginary abelian number fields of prime conductor. Finally, we give a general result on the denominator of S(H, d) for non necessarily prime d's. We show that its denominator is a divisor of some explicit divisor of 2d gcd(d, 3).