TY - GEN T1 - Global distributions and special zeta values A1 - Yin,Linsheng Y1 - 2011/11/18 N2 - In this paper, we develop the theory of global distributions (i.e. distributions of global fields) and apply it to the study of special values of abelian L-functions of a number field and division points of rank one Drinfeld modules. We introduce the concept of \epsilon-distributions and give examples by \epsilon-partial zeta functions. We determine the ranks of level groups of various kinds of universal distributions of a global field k, such as universal \epsilon-, punctured, punctured even and odd distributions of k. We show the universality of several distributions derived from special values of the \epsilon-partial zeta functions by studying \mathbb{Q}-linear independence of some special values. We also propose a conjecture and a question about the universality of \epsilon-distributions of special values of \epsilon-partial zeta functions. CY - Saarbrücken PB - Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek AD - Postfach 151141, 66041 Saarbrücken UR - http://scidok.sulb.uni-saarland.de/volltexte/2011/4297 ER -