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Shifted Character Sums with Multiplicative Coefficients

Number Theory 2014-07-04 v2

Abstract

Let f(n)f(n) be a multiplicative function satisfying f(n)1|f(n)|\leq 1, qq (N2)(\leq N^2) be a prime number and aa be an integer with (a,q)=1(a,\,q)=1, χ\chi be a non-principal Dirichlet character modulo qq. In this paper, we shall prove that nNf(n)χ(n+a)Nq14loglog(6N)+q14N12log(6N)+Nloglog(6N). \sum_{n\leq N}f(n)\chi(n+a)\ll {N\over q^{1\over 4}}\log\log(6N)+q^{1\over 4}N^{1\over 2}\log(6N)+{N\over \sqrt{\log\log(6N)}}. We shall also prove that \begin{align*} &\sum_{n\leq N}f(n)\chi(n+a_1)\cdots\chi(n+a_t)\ll {N\over q^{1\over 4}}\log\log(6N)\\ &\quad+q^{1\over 4}N^{1\over 2}\log(6N)+{N\over \sqrt{\log\log(6N)}}, \end{align*} where t2t\geq 2, a1,,ata_1,\,\cdots,\,a_t are pairwise distinct integers modulo qq.

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@article{arxiv.1404.2204,
  title  = {Shifted Character Sums with Multiplicative Coefficients},
  author = {Ke Gong and Chaohua Jia},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1404.2204},
  year   = {2014}
}
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