Values of twisted Artin $L$-functions

Abstract

This note gives a simple proof that certain values of Artin's $L$-function, for a representation $\rho$ with character $\chi_\rho$, are stable under twisting by an even Dirichlet character $\chi$, up to an element generated over $\mathbb Q$ by the values of $\chi$ and $\chi_\rho$, and a product with a power of the Gauss sum $\tau(\chi)$ equal to the dimension of $\rho$. This extends a result due to J. Coates and S. Lichtenbaum.