Central limit theorem for Artin $L$-functions

Peter J. Cho, Henry H. Kim

Published 2015-06-24Version 1

We show that the sum of the traces of Frobenius elements of Artin $L$-functions in a family of $G$-fields satisfies the Gaussian distribution under certain counting conjectures. We prove the counting conjectures for $S_4$ and $S_5$-fields. We also show central limit theorem for modular form $L$-functions with the trivial central character with respect to congruence subgroups as the level goes to infinity.