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Riemann Hypothesis for several of those classes, and this has implications on other conjectures. For example: Goldbach's weak conjecture can be derived from the Generalized Riemann Hypothesis, but the latter needs the Riemann Hypothesis to be proved for Dirichlet L-functions (or so I seem to have understood from the corresponding articles). However, Hecke L-functions were constructed to encompass Dirichlet L-functions. Does this mean that proving RH for Hecke L-functions proves Goldbach's weak conjecture as well? From what I could see in Knowledge, it seems that the answer is yes, but the leaps made from the word L-function to the word character to the word L-series create some confusion to laypeople like myself. Is it possible to say something of the kind: all Dirichlet L-functions are Hecke L-functions? I believe the general article on L-functions should be made into a departure point for all people who would like to know, even without understanding the mathematics, how concepts are inter-related. A good start would be to name all important classes of L-functions here.
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I am not a mathematician myself, and have no idea of what L-functions are. However, from browsing the
Knowledge I managed to understand that there are several classes of such functions: Hecke L-functions, Dirichlet L-functions, Dedekind set functions, etc.. I think much work is needed in all the
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Some indication that the domain is not always the complex plane, but can be much more general, would be nice (or have I missed it?). This should, of course, be late in the article, but should indicate how the situation changes in other fields.
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