On a trigonometric inequality of Vinogradov (Q5906647)

Let \(m>1\) and \(n>0\) be integers. The author considers the sum \[ f(m,n)= \sum_{k=1}^{m-1} (|\sin (\pi kn/m)|) (\sin (\pi k/m))^{- 1}, \] which occurs in bounding incomplete exponential sums. He shows that \[ f(m,n)< \textstyle {{{4m} \over {\pi^ 2}} \bigl(\log m+ \gamma+ {1\over 8}-\log {\pi\over 2} \bigr) +{2\over \pi} \bigl( 2- {1\over \pi} \bigr)} \] and \[ \textstyle {{1\over m}} \sum_{n=1}^ m f(m,n)< \textstyle {{{4m} \over {\pi^ 2}} \bigl( \log m+\gamma- \log {\pi\over 2} \bigr)+ {2\over \pi} \bigl( 2-{1 \over \pi} \bigr)- {\pi \over {6m}} \bigl(1- {1\over m}\bigr)}, \] where \(\gamma\) denotes Euler's constant. These bounds improve earlier estimates given by I. M. Vinogradov in 1954 and by T. Cochrane in 1987.