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How to estimate a mixed character sum $\sum_{h \in \mathbb{Z}/q \mathbb{Z}} \chi(f(h)) e(Ch/q)$?
Let $q = p^t$ where $p$ is prime. I am interested in estimating the complete exponential sum, which looks like
$$
\sum_{0 \leq h < q} \chi( (h-a_1)(h-a_2)(h-a_3))
\ \bar{\chi}( (h-b_1)(h-b_2)(h-...
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Connection between cyclic group and exponential function
I have been thinking about this for a while, but now got to the point where I got stuck. I don't know if it might be considered as a research level question, but I would be very happy if somebody knew ...