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Dirichlet character

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A Dirichlet character modulo m is a homomorphism (Z/mZ)×→C×, extended periodically to integers by zero on numbers not coprime to m.
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Dirichlet L-function (L(s,χ))

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Dirichlet character
For Res>1,
L(s,χ)=∑n≥1​nsχ(n)​=∏p​(1−χ(p)p−s)−1.
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A Dirichlet character is a complex-valued arithmetic function \( \chi: \mathbb{Z} \to \mathbb{C} \) that arises in number theory, particularly in the study of Dirichlet L-functions and Dirichlet's theorem on primes in arithmetic progressions.
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