On the zeros of Eisenstein series for $\Gamma_0^* (5)$ and $\Gamma_0^* (7)$

Abstract

We locate almost all the zeros of the Eisenstein series associated with the Fricke groups of level 5 and 7 in their fundamental domains by applying and extending the method of F. K. C. Rankin and H. P. F. Swinnerton-Dyer (1970). We also use the arguments of some terms of the Eisenstein series in order to improve existing error bounds.