© 1976 by London Mathematical Society
An Imperfect Hybrid Zero-Density Theorem
University College Cardiff, Wales, Great Britain CF1 1XL
Let Q, T
1,

. The number of zeros ß+iy in the region ß
|y|
T of all Dirichlet L-functions formed with primitive characters to moduli
Q is
O((QT)40(1
)/9+
)for any
> 0. The imperfection lies in the large exponent of T; the earlier estimate
O((Q2T)12(1
)/5+
)
is not superseded if T is large. The proof uses Montgomery's theory of finite Dirichlet series and a function-theoretic lemma of Littlewood.