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Short character sums for composite moduli

Number Theory 2014-05-09 v2

Abstract

We establish new estimates on short character sums for arbitrary composite moduli with small prime factors. Our main result improves on the Graham-Ringrose bound for square free moduli and also on the result due to Gallagher and Iwaniec when the core q=pqpq'=\prod_{p|q}p of the modulus qq satisfies logqlogq\log q'\sim \log q. Some applications to zero free regions of Dirichlet L-functions and the Poˊlya\rm{P\acute{o}lya} and Vinogradov inequalities are indicated.

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@article{arxiv.1201.0299,
  title  = {Short character sums for composite moduli},
  author = {Mei-Chu Chang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1201.0299},
  year   = {2014}
}
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