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Partial Gaussian sums III

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 May 2009

D. A. Burgess
D. A. Burgess
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Department of Mathematics, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD
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For integers a, N and H > 0 write

where ϰ denotes a non-principal Dirichlet character modulo the positive integer k and e(y) denotes e2πiy. By a well-known generalisation of the Póya–Vinogradov inequality

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Research Article
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Glasgow Mathematical Journal , Volume 34 , Issue 2 , May 1992 , pp. 253 - 261
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Copyright © Glasgow Mathematical Journal Trust 1992

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