Large values of character sums

DOI10.1016/0022-314X(88)90106-0MaRDI QIDQ1106880zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Adolf Hildebrand

Publication date 1988

Published in Journal of Number Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-314X(88)90106-0

zbMATH Keywords

character sumlarge valuesprimitive Dirichlet characterPólya- Vinogradov inequality

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Jacobsthal and Brewer sums; other complete character sums (11L10) Estimates on character sums (11L40)

Review text

Let \(\chi\) be a primitive Dirichlet character modulo q, \(q\geq 3\). The author investigates the occurrence of large values for the character sum \(S(\chi,x)=\sum_{n\leq x}\chi (n)\). There are arguments which indicate that it is probably true that \(S(\chi,x)\ll \sqrt{q}\cdot \log \log q.\) In the present paper the author shows that the classical Pólya- Vinogradov bound \(S(\chi,x)\ll \sqrt{q}\cdot \log q\) is attained only very rarely, and only when \(x| q\) is close to a rational number with small denominator. Precise bounds that depend on rational approximations to \(x| q\) are given. Moreover, improved values for the constant in the Pólya-Vinogradov inequality are obtained.

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