On sums of \(\mathrm{SL}(3,\mathbb{Z})\) Kloosterman sums (Q2441399)

The author shows that sums of the \(\mathrm{SL}(3,\mathbb{Z})\) long element Kloosterman sum against a smooth weight function have cancelation due to the variation in argument of the Kloosterman sums, when each modulus is at least the square root of the other. The main tool is \textit{X. Li}'s generalization of the Kuznetsov formula on \(\mathrm{SL}(3,\mathbb{Z})\) [J. Number Theory 130, No. 11, 2395--2403 (2010; Zbl 1208.11070)], which has to date been prohibitively difficult to apply. First the author obtains analytic expressions for the weight functions on the Kloosterman sum side by converting them to Mellin-Barnes integral form. This allows to relax the conditions on the test function and to produce a partial inversion formula suitable for studying sums of the long-element \(\mathrm{SL}(3,\mathbb{Z})\) Kloosterman sums.