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A new mean-value result for Dirichlet L-functions and polynomials
1 Department of Mathematics, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX 2 45 Charles Way, Limekilns, Fife, Scotland KY11 3LH 3 43 Nam Hang Village, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong
Watt's result on upper bounds for the mean value
-TT |Z (
+it ) |4 |
m am m-it |2 dt
is generalized to cover
(1)/(
(q)) 
(mod q)
-TT |L (
+it,
) |4 |
m am
(m) m-it |2 dt,
where
denotes a Dirichlet character (modulo q) and L(s,
) is the corresponding Dirichlet L-function.
Received 30 January 2004.