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A note on exponential-M\"{o}bius sums over $\mathbb{F}_q[t]$

Number Theory 2017-12-01 v2

Abstract

In 1991, Baker and Harman proved, under the assumption of the generalized Riemann hypothesis, that maxθ[0,1)nxμ(n)e(nθ)ϵx3/4+ϵ\max_{ \theta \in [0,1) }\left|\sum_{ n \leq x } \mu(n) e(n \theta) \right| \ll_\epsilon x^{3/4 + \epsilon}. The purpose of this note is to deduce an analogous bound in the context of polynomials over a finite field using Weil's Riemann Hypothesis for curves over a finite field. Our approach is based on the work of Hayes who studied exponential sums over irreducible polynomials.

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@article{arxiv.1711.08729,
  title  = {A note on exponential-M\"{o}bius sums over $\mathbb{F}_q[t]$},
  author = {Sam Porritt},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1711.08729},
  year   = {2017}
}

Comments

5 pages + references. Similar result appears in arXiv:1711.05358. Second version has stronger result due to more appropriate divisor sum bound

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