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A Polya-Vinogradov-type inequality on $\mathbb{Z}[i]$

Number Theory 2017-03-29 v2

Abstract

We establish a Polya-Vinogradov-type bound for finite periodic multipicative characters on the Gaussian integers.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1703.06498,
  title  = {A Polya-Vinogradov-type inequality on $\mathbb{Z}[i]$},
  author = {Stephan Baier},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1703.06498},
  year   = {2017}
}

Comments

This result has been proved in stronger and much more general form by E. Landau using Hecke L-functions, which escaped my attention. However, the main part of the method in my article consists of refined estimates for averages of linear exponential sums on Z[i] over regions. These estimates have other applications, and I will provide one soon in a new paper

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