On zeros of Dirichlet's \(L\)-series (Q2265459)

\textit{A. G. Postnikov} [Izv. Akad. Nauk SSSR, Ser. Mat. 19, 11--16 (1955; Zbl 0068.04003)] has shown how sums of characters to a prime-power modulus can be estimated using known estimates for Weyl sums. This discovery implied important results on \(L\)-functions and distribution of primes. Further developments have been given by \textit{S. M. Rozin} [Izv. Akad. Nauk SSSR, Ser. Mat. 23, 503--508 (1959; Zbl 0089.02803)] and by \textit{P. X. Gallagher} [Invent. Math. 16, 191--201 (1972; Zbl 0246.10030)]. The author generalizes Gallagher's variant of Postnikov's method to a general modulus. We quote an application to zero-free regions. Let \(q\geq 3\), \(d\) the product of different prime factors of \(q\), \(\ell=\log q(| t|+3)\), \(\vartheta^{-1}=4\cdot 10^4\left(\log d+(\ell\log 2\ell)^{3/4}\right)\). Then the region \(\text{Re}\,s>1-\vartheta\) does not contain any zero of any \(L\)-function \(\pmod q\), except for the possible Siegel-zero.