On the behavior of some two-variable p-adic L-functions

Journal of Number Theory

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 67-88

  Young, Paul Thomas ^a  

^a Department of Teacher Education and Department of Sociology and Anthropology   (United States)

Author keywords

Generalized Bernoulli polynomials; Kummer congruences; p adic L functions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037272067     PISSN: 0022314X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-314X(02)00031-8     Document Type: Article

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