On the equation n₁n₂=n₃n₄ and mean value of character sums

DOI10.1016/J.JNT.2007.10.004MaRDI QIDQ2469221zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Sanying Shi

Publication date 4 February 2008

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

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnt.2007.10.004

zbMATH Keywords

Mean values of character sumsMultiplicative character

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Estimates on character sums (11L40)

Review text

For \(x\geq 1\) let \(N(x)\) denote the number of solutions of the equation \(n_1n_2=n_3n_4\) with \(1\leq n_i\leq x\). In the paper under review, the author obtains the estimate \[ N(x)=\frac{12}{\pi^2}x^2\log x+Cx^2+O(x^{547/416+\varepsilon}) \] for some explicit constant \(C\) and any \(\varepsilon>0\). As an application, he shows that \[ \frac1{p-1}\sum_{\chi\neq\chi_0}\left| \sum_{n=1}^x\chi(n)\right| ^4 =\frac{12}{\pi^2}x^2\log x+\left(C-\frac{x^2}p\right)x^2 +O(x^{547/416+\varepsilon}), \] where the outer sum runs over all non-principal Dirichlet characters \(\chi\) modulo a prime \(p\) with \(x\leq\sqrt p\). This improves earlier results of \textit{A. Ayyad, T. Cochrane}, and \textit{Z. Y. Zheng} [J. Number Theory 59, 398--413 (1996; Zbl 0869.11003)].

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