On the Ohno-Nakagawa Theorem

Abstract

In this paper we give a new proof of the Ohno-Nakagawa Theorem using the techniques of $L$-series. By applying Eisenstein's parametrization of binary cubic forms on the one hand, and a class field theory interpretation of Datskovsky \& Wright's Theorem on the other, we reduce the Ohno-Nakagawa Theorem to an identity involving the $L$-series and the truncated $L$-series of quadratic orders. We prove this identity by establishing a general relation among these two types $L$-series.