Reciprocity laws for generalized higher dimensional Dedekind sums

Robin Chapman

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Reciprocity laws for generalized higher dimensional Dedekind sums

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Division of Information and Communication Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales 2109, Australia

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We define a class of generalized Dedekind sums and prove a family of reciprocity laws for them. These sums and laws generalize those of Zagier [6]. The method is based on that of Solomon [5].

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Reciprocity laws for generalized higher dimensional Dedekind sums

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