Character analogue of the Boole summation formula with applications

Abstract: In this paper, we present the character analogue of the Boole summation formula. Using this formula, an integral representation is derived for the alternating Dirichlet $L-$function and its derivative is evaluated at $s=0$. Some applications of the character analogue of the Boole summation formula and the integral representation are given about the alternating Dirichlet $L-$function. Moreover, the reciprocity formulas for two new arithmetic sums, arising from utilizing the summation formulas, and for Hardy--Berndt sum $S_{p}\left( b,c:\chi\right) $ are proved.