Pair correlation for Dedekind zeta functions of abelian extensions

Abstract: Here we study problems related to the proportions of zeros, especially simple and distinct zeros on the critical line, of Dedekind zeta functions. We obtain new bounds on a counting function that measures the discrepancy of the zeta functions from having all zeros simple. In particular, for quadratic number fields, we deduce that more than 45% of the zeros are distinct. This extends work based on Montgomery's pair correlation approach for the Riemann zeta function. Our optimization problems can be interpreted as interpolants between the pair correlation bound for the Riemann zeta function and the Cohn-Elkies sphere packing bound in dimension 1. We compute the bounds through optimization over Schwartz functions using semidefinite programming and also show how semidefinite programming can be used to optimize over functions with bounded support.