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2025/106/3-4 (4) — DOI: 10.5486/PMD.2025.9899 — pp. 327-335

Comparing zeros of distinct Dirichlet $L$-functions

Authors: William D. Banks Orcid.org link for William D. Banks

Abstract:

For any $\theta>\frac13$, we show that there are constants $c_1,c_2>0$ depending only on $\theta$ for which the following property holds. If $\chi_1$, $\chi_2$ are two distinct primitive Dirichlet characters mod $q$, and $T\ge c_1q^\theta$, then $L(s,\chi_1)$ and $L(s,\chi_2)$ do not have the same zeros in the region \[ \mathcal{R}:=\big\{s=\sigma+it\in\mathbb{C}:0<\sigma<1, T<t<T+c_2q^\theta\log T\big\}. \] For cubefree moduli $q$, the same result holds for any $\theta>\frac14$.

Keywords: Dirichlet $L$-functions, Dirichlet characters, nontrivial zeros

Mathematics Subject Classification: 11M06, 11M26