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In this chapter we review some of the basic facts about L-series. Then their values at negative integers are given in terms of generalized Bernoulli numbers. Finally, we discuss the values at 1 and relations with class numbers.
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Washington, L.C. (1982). Dirichlet L-series and Class Number Formulas. In: Introduction to Cyclotomic Fields. Graduate Texts in Mathematics, vol 83. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-0133-2_4
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