Character analogue of the Boole summation formula with applications

Abstract

In this paper, we present the character analogue of the Boole summationformula. Using this formula, an integral representation is derived for thealternating Dirichlet $L$-function and its derivative is evaluated at $s=0$.Some applications of the character analogue of the Boole summation formula andthe integral representation are given about the alternating Dirichlet $L$-function. Moreover, the reciprocity formulas for two new arithmetic sums,arising from the summation formulas, and for Hardy--Berndt sum $S_{p}(b,c:\chi)$ are proved.