Higher Euler-Kronecker Constants of Number fields

Abstract

The higher Euler-Kronecker constants of a number field $K$ are the coefficients in the Laurent series expansion of the logarithmic derivative of the Dedekind zeta function about $s=1$. These coefficients are mysterious and seem to contain a lot of arithmetic information. In this article, we study these coefficients. We prove arithmetic formulas satisfied by them and prove bounds. We generalize certain results of Ihara.