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The number of solution of $x_1^2 + \cdots + x_k^2 \equiv \lambda \bmod q$
I'm playing with exponential sums...
If $q$ is an odd prime and $a$ an integer such that $q \nmid a$, then the following formula for the Gaussian sum is known
$$\sum_{x=0}^{q-1} e_q(ax^2) = \left(\...
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Is there a cheap proof of power savings for exponential sums over finite fields?
Let $p$ be a large prime, and let $f(x) = P(x)/Q(x)$ be a non-constant rational function over ${\Bbb F}_p$ of bounded degree. From the Weil conjectures for curves, we have a bound of the form
$$ |\...
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On (a generalization of) the Gauss Circle Problem
Most (if not all) references I read about the Gauss Circle Problem that proves a bound below $O(R^{2/3})$ reduces the GCP to the Dirichlet Divisor Problem by the well known expression of $r_2(n)$, the ...
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On the $L^1$-norm of certain exponential sums
I am stuck with an elementary-looking problem, which does not belong to my usual field of research so I eventually decided to ask it on MO.
Let $S$ be a finite set of integers. For $P$ a subset of $S$,...
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For which rationals is this exponential sum bounded?
Given $x \in [0, 1]$, we denote by $e(x)$ the complex number $e^{2 \pi i x}$.
Can we characterise the set of rationals $x$ for which the sum
$$A_N(x)\, :=\, \sum_{n = 0}^N e(2^n x)$$
remains bounded ...
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Incomplete Kloosterman sum
I am interested in an upper bound on the following incomplete Kloosterman sum
$$ \sum_{\substack{x=1 \\ x+_{_{\bf Z}}x^{-1}>p}}^{p-1}e\left(\frac{x+x^{-1}}{p}\right).$$
Using the Weil's bound it ...
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Is the Lebesgue measure of the $x$ so that this exponential sum is $o(\sqrt{N})$ positive?
Consider $$S_N:=\sum_{n=1}^N \exp\left(2\pi i\left(\frac12n^2x+\alpha n\right)\right)$$
where $\alpha$ is irrational. For certain $x$ (say integer) we can get that this is bounded for all $N$. I am ...
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Deriving inequality (8.9) from (8.8), in Iwaniec–Kowalski “Analytic Number Theory”
I am working through the problem presented in Chapter 8 of Iwaniec and Kowalski’s Analytic Number Theory (specifically inequalities (8.8) and (8.9)) and I am struggling with the transition between ...
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An Exponential Sum Restricted to Primes
Let $a,q,N$ be integers such that $N/2 \leq q \leq N$ and $a/q \notin \mathbb{Z}$.
Is the following estimate true, and, if so, how can it be proved?
\[\left|\sum_{1 \leq p \leq N} \exp(2\pi i p a/q) \...
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Coefficients in the sum $\sum_{k=0}^{n-1}\sum_{j=0}^{m}A_{j,m}(n-k)^jk^j=n^{2m+1}, \ m=1,2,....$
Consider a sum $$\sum_{k=0}^{n-1}\sum_{j=0}^{m}A_{j,m}(n-k)^jk^j$$
which returns an odd power $n^{2m+1}$ of $n$, for $\ m=0,1,2,...$ given fixed $A_{0,m}, \ A_{1,m}, \ ..., \ A_{m,m}$. The ...
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