JOURNAL OF NUMBER THEORY, cilt.124, sa.2, ss.346-363, 2007 (SCI-Expanded)
In this paper, we study on two subjects. We first construct degenerate analogues of Dedekind sums in the sense of Apostol, Carlitz and Takacs, and prove the corresponding reciprocity formulas. Secondly, we define generalized Dedekind character sums, which are explicit extensions of Berndt's definition, and prove the reciprocity laws. From the derived reciprocity laws, we obtain Berndt's reciprocity laws as special cases. (C) 2006 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.