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Large values of shifted mixed character sums

Number Theory 2026-05-14 v1 Classical Analysis and ODEs

Abstract

We consider sums of the form Fχ(α,β;θ):=αp<nβpχ(n)e(nθ),F_\chi(\alpha,\beta;\theta) := \sum_{\alpha p<n\le\beta p}\chi(n)e(n\theta), where χ\chi is a non-principal Dirichlet character modulo a prime number pp. We prove that ploglogpmax0θ<1Fχ(α,β;θ)plogp, \sqrt p \log \log p \ll \max_{0 \le \theta < 1}{\left|F_\chi(\alpha,\beta;\theta)\right|} \ll \sqrt{p}\log p, generalizing an old result of Montgomery as well as a recent result of Iggidr in two aspects: we allow general non-principal characters χ\chi, and we consider incomplete mixed character sums.

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@article{arxiv.2605.13715,
  title  = {Large values of shifted mixed character sums},
  author = {Néo Tardy},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.13715},
  year   = {2026}
}