Algebra/Number Theory Seminar

Distribution of Inverses and Moments of Dirichlet \(L\)-functions

Michael Yiasemides, Exeter U

Wednesday, October 16th, 2019
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Hylan 1106A

Let \(p\) be a prime and \(A_1 , A_2 \subseteq \mathbb{F}_p^*\) be intervals. We define \(f(A_1 A_2 , 1) :=\lvert \{(a_1 , a_2 ) \in A_1 \times A_2 : a_1 a_2 \equiv 1 (\modulus p) \} \rvert\). That is, \(f(A_1 A_2 , 1)\) is the number of elements in \(A_1\) whose inverses lie in \(A_2\). We can generalize this to \(f(A_1 , \ldots , A_n , r) :=\lvert \{(a_1 , \ldots , a_n ) \in A_1 \times \ldots \times A_n : a_1 \ldots a_n \equiv r (\modulus p) \} \rvert\), for any intervals \(A_1 , \ldots , A_n \subseteq \mathbb{F}_p^*\) and \(r \in \mathbb{F}_p^*\). I will explain some results on the distribution of \(f\), demonstrate the relationship to moments of Dirichlet \(L\)-functions, and state some problems for future research.

Event contact: dinesh dot thakur at rochester dot edu