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Surpassing the ratios
conjecture in the 1-level density of Dirichlet
$L$-functions
Daniel Fiorilli and Steven J. Miller |
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Vol. 9 (2015), No. 1, 13–52
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Abstract |
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We study the 1-level density of low-lying zeros of Dirichlet -functions in the family of all characters modulo , with . For test functions whose Fourier transform is supported in , we calculate this quantity beyond the square root cancellation expansion arising from the -function ratios conjecture of Conrey, Farmer and Zirnbauer. We discover the existence of a new lower-order term which is not predicted by this powerful conjecture. This is the first family where the 1-level density is determined well enough to see a term which is not predicted by the ratios conjecture, and proves that the exponent of the error term in the ratios conjecture is best possible. We also give more precise results when the support of the Fourier transform of the test function is restricted to the interval . Finally we show how natural conjectures on the distribution of primes in arithmetic progressions allow one to extend the support. The most powerful conjecture is Montgomery’s, which implies that the ratios conjecture’s prediction holds for any finite support up to an error . |
Keywords
low-lying zeros, Dirichlet L-functions, ratios conjecture,
primes in arithmetic progressions, random matrix theory
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Mathematical Subject Classification 2010
Primary: 11M26, 11M50, 11N13
Secondary: 11N56, 15B52
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Milestones
Received: 27 September 2013
Revised: 2 April 2014
Accepted: 24 May 2014
Published: 18 February 2015
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Authors |
| Daniel Fiorilli | |
| Department of Mathematics University of Michigan 530 Church Street Ann Arbor, MI 48109 United States |
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| Steven J. Miller | |
| Mathematics and Statistics Williams College 18 Hoxsey St Bronfman Science Center Williamstown, MA 01267 United States |
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