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On character sums over flat numbers

Number Theory 2009-12-08 v1

Abstract

Let q2q\geqslant2 be an integer, χ\chi be any non-principal character mod qq, and H=H(q)q.H=H(q)\leqslant q. In this paper the authors prove some estimates for character sums of the form W(χ,H;q)=nF(H)χ(n),\mathcal{W}(\chi,H;q)=\sum_{n\in\mathscr{F}(H)}\chi(n), where \mathscr{F}(H)=\left\{n\in\mathbb{Z}|(n,q)=1,1\leqslant n,\bar{n}\leqslant q, |n-\bar{n}|\leqslant H\}, nˉ\bar{n} is defined by nnˉ1(modq).n\bar{n}\equiv1\pmod q.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.0912.1071,
  title  = {On character sums over flat numbers},
  author = {Ping Xi and Yuan Yi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0912.1071},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

9 pages, with a complete proof of Theorem 3, Section 5. Accepted by J. Number Theory

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