Oscillations of Fourier coefficients of cusp forms over primes (Q746948): Difference between revisions

The distribution of Fourier coefficients of modular forms is an important subject in number theory. This problem is studied in the paper under review. Namely, let \(f\) a primitive holomorphic or Maass cusp form for the group \(\mathrm{SL}(2, \mathbb{Z})\), and \(a_f(n)\) its \(n\)th normalised Fourier coefficient. Then in the paper under review, it is shown that for any \(\alpha, \beta \in \mathbb{R}\), there exists an effective positive constant \(c\) such that \[ \sum_{n \leq N} \Lambda(n) a_f(n) e(\alpha n^2 + \beta n ) \ll_f N \exp(-c \sqrt{\log N} ), \] where \(\Lambda\) is the von Mangoldt function and \(N \geq 2\). The proof is based on classical analytic number theory methods.