Double character sums over subgroups and intervals

Abstract: We estimate double sums

S_chi(a, I, G) = sum_{x in I} sum_{lambda in G} chi(x + alambda), qquad 1le a < p-1,

with a multiplicative character

c h i

modulo

p

where

I = 1, l d o t s, H

and

G

is a subgroup of order

T

of the multiplicative group of the finite field of

p

elements. A nontrivial upper bound on

S_{c} h i (a, I, G)

can be derived from the Burgess bound if

H g e p^{1 / 4 + v a r e p s i l o n}

and from some standard elementary arguments if

T g e p^{1 / 2 + v a r e p s i l o n}

, where

v a r e p s i l o n > 0

is arbitrary. We obtain a nontrivial estimate in a wider range of parameters

H

and

T

. We also estimate double sums

T_chi(a, G) = sum_{lambda, mu in G} chi(a + lambda + mu), qquad 1le a < p-1,

and give an application to primitive roots modulo

p

with

3

non-zero binary digits.

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