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Mat. Sb. (N.S.), 1983 Volume 122(164), Number 4(12), Pages 527–545 (Mi sm2314)

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On estimates and asymptotic formulas for rational trigonometric sums that are almost complete

D. A. Mit'kin


Abstract: Suppose that $n\geqslant2$, $q>1$ and $P\geqslant1$ are integers, $P<q$, $f(x)=a_nx^n+\dots+a_1x$ is a polynomial with integer coefficients, and $(a_n,\dots,a_2,q)=d$. Hua proved that an incomplete trigonometric sum of the form
$$ s(f,q,p)=\sum_{x=1}^pe^{2\pi i\frac{f(x)}q} $$
satisfies the estimate
$$ |s(f,q,p)|\ll q^{1-\frac1n+\varepsilon}d^\frac1n\qquad(\varepsilon>0). $$
In this paper sharper estimates are obtained for $n>2$:
$$ |s(f,q,p)|\ll q^{1-\frac1n}d^\frac1n $$
and
$$ |s(f,q,p)|\ll pq^{-\frac1n+\varepsilon}d^\frac1n+q^{1-\frac1n+\varepsilon}d^\frac1n\biggl(\frac qd\biggr)^{-\rho}, $$
where $\rho=(n-1)/n(n^2-n+1)$. A consequence of the last estimate is that the same type of estimate holds for the number of solutions of the congruence
$$ f(x)\equiv c\pmod q;\qquad1\leqslant x\leqslant p. $$
The proofs are based on estimates for complete rational trigonometric sums with prime power denominator which are obtained by Hua's method (this method has also been developed by V. I. Nechaev, C. Chen, S. B. Stechkin and S. V. Konyagin).
Bibliography: 24 titles.

UDC: 511.3

MSC: Primary 10G10; Secondary 10G05, 10A10

Received: 11.01.1983


 English version:
Mathematics of the USSR-Sbornik, 1985, 50:2, 513–532

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