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A Kronecker limit formula for real quadratic fields

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The paper was written while the author was at the Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques (Bures-sur-Yvette. France), and forms part of his Habilitationsschrift (Universität Bonn).

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Zagier, D. A Kronecker limit formula for real quadratic fields. Math. Ann. 213, 153–184 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01343950

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