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Given a non-principal Dirichlet character chi mod q, an important problem in number theory is to obtain good estimates for the size of L(1,chi). In this paper we focus on sharpening the upper bounds known for |L(1,chi)|; in particular, we…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Andrew Granville , Kannan Soundararajan

Chillag has showed that there is a single generalization showing that the sums of ordinary character tables, Brauer character, and projective indecomposable characters are positive integers. We show that Chillag's construction also applies…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2017-02-10 Xiaoyou Chen , Mark L. Lewis , Hung P. Tong-Viet

We show that for any mod $p^m$ characters, $\chi_1, \dots, \chi_k,$ the Jacobi sum, $$ \sum_{x_1=1}^{p^m}\dots \sum_{\substack{x_k=1\\x_1+\dots+x_k=B}}^{p^m}\chi_1(x_1)\dots \chi_k(x_k), $$ has a simple evaluation when $m$ is sufficiently…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2014-10-24 Misty Long , Vincent Pigno , Christopher Pinner

Given a suitable arithmetic function h, we investigate the average order of h as it ranges over the values taken by an integral binary form F. A general upper bound is obtained for this quantity, in which the dependence upon the…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2015-06-26 R. de la Breteche , T. D. Browning

Let $w_{n+2}=pw_{n+1}+qw_{n}$ for $n\geq0$ with $w_0=a$ and $w_1=b$. In this paper we find an explicit expression, in terms of determinants, for $\sum_{n\geq0} w_n^kx^n$ for any $k\geq1$. As a consequence, we derive all the previously known…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Toufik Mansour

For any irreducible character $\chi$ of a finite group $G$, let $\theta(\chi)$ denote the proportion of elements $g\in G$ for which $\chi(g)$ is either zero or a root of unity. Then for any $L\in[1/2,1]$ and any $\epsilon>0$, there exists…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2025-07-22 Alexander R. Miller

We prove character sum estimates for additive Bohr subsets modulo a prime. These estimates are analogous to classical character sum bounds of Polya-Vinogradov and Burgess. These estimates are applied to obtain results on recurrence mod $p$…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2019-08-15 Brandon Hanson

In this paper we obtain a new fully explicit constant for the P\'olya-Vinogradov inequality for squarefree modulus. Given a primitive character $\chi$ to squarefree modulus $q$, we prove the following upper bound \begin{align*} \left|…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2019-09-04 Matteo Bordignon , Bryce Kerr

Let $G$ be a group with a finite subgroup $H$. We define the $L^2$-multiplicity of an irreducible representation of $H$ in the $L^2$-homology of a proper $G$-CW-complex. These invariants generalize the $L^2$-Betti numbers. Our main results…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2020-03-25 Steffen Kionke

We improve a recent result of B. Hanson (2015) on multiplicative character sums with expressions of the type $a + b +cd$ and variables $a,b,c,d$ from four distinct sets of a finite field. We also consider similar sums with $a + b(c+d)$.…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2017-04-12 Ilya D. Shkredov , Igor E. Shparlinski

Consider an irreducible, admissible representation $\pi$ of GL(2,$F$) whose restriction to GL(2,$F)^+$ breaks up as a sum of two irreducible representations $\pi_+ + \pi_-$. If $\pi=r_{\theta}$, the Weil representation of GL(2,$F$) attached…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2016-01-27 K Vishnu Namboothiri

We give an $AB$-factorization of the supercharacter table of the group of $n\times n$ unipotent upper triangular matrices over $\FF_q$, where $A$ is a lower-triangular matrix with entries in $\ZZ[q]$ and $B$ is a unipotent upper-triangular…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2013-06-21 Nantel Bergeron , Nathaniel Thiem

We give an estimate of exponential sums over singular binary quintic forms in a characteristic-free form, based on the Waring decomposition of binary forms. This extends the method on our preceding result on the space of binary quartics to…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2026-05-07 Yasuhiro Ishitsuka

We express some general type of infinite series such as $$ \sum^\infty_{n=1}\frac{F(H_n^{(m)}(z),H_n^{(2m)}(z),\ldots,H_n^{(\ell m)}(z))} {(n+z)^{s_1}(n+1+z)^{s_2}\cdots (n+k-1+z)^{s_k}}, $$ where $F(x_1,\ldots,x_\ell)\in\mathbb…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2022-02-09 Kwang-Wu Chen

We provide explicit bounds for the number of integral ideals of norms at most $X$ is $\mathbb{Q}[\sqrt{d}]$ when $d <0$ is a fundamendal discriminant with an error term of size $O(X^{1/3})$. In particular, we prove that, when $\chi$ is the…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2023-08-22 Olivier Ramaré

A graph-theoretic parameter, in a form of a function, called the extra-factorial sum is discussed. The main results are presented in ref. [1] (Nastou et al., Optim Lett, 10, 1203-1220, 2016) and the reader is strongly advised to study the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-06-21 V. Papadinas , W. Xiong , N. A. Valous

We establish new bounds on character values and character ratios for finite groups $G$ of Lie type, which are considerably stronger than previously known bounds, and which are best possible in many cases. These bounds have the form…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2017-07-14 Roman Bezrukavnikov , Martin W. Liebeck , Aner Shalev , Pham Huu Tiep

In this paper, transformation formulas for the function \[ A_{1}\left(z,s:\chi\right)=\sum\limits_{n=1}^{\infty}\sum\limits_{m=1}^{\infty}\chi\left(n\right)\chi\left(m\right)\left(-1\right)^{m}n^{s-1}e^{2\pi imnz/k} \] are obtained. Sums…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2018-09-28 Merve Çelebi Boztaş , Mümün Can

When solving a number of problems in prime number theory, it is sufficient that $t(x;q)$ admits an estimate close to this one. The best known estimates for $t(x;q)$ previously belonged to G.~Montgomery, R.~Vaughn, and Z.~Kh.~Rakhmonov. In…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-03-12 Z. Rakhmonov , O. Nozirov

Let F_q be the finite field of q elements. Let H be a multiplicative subgroup of F_q^*. For a positive integer k and element b\in F_q, we give a sharp estimate for the number of k-element subsets of H which sum to b.

Number Theory · Mathematics 2011-01-04 Guizhen Zhu , Daqing Wan