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On exponential sums over prime numbers

Part of: Exponential sums and character sums

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2009

A. Sárközy  and
C. L. Stewart
A. Sárközy
Affiliation:
Mathematical Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Reáltanoda u. 13–16 Budapest, H-1053, Hungary
C. L. Stewart
Affiliation:
Department of Pure Mathematics, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada
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Abstract

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In this article we establish an estimate for a sum over primes that is the analogue of an estimate for a sum over consecutive integers which has proved to be very useful in applications of exponential sums to problems in number theory.

MSC classification

Secondary: 11L40: Estimates on character sums
Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of the Australian Mathematical Society , Volume 46 , Issue 3 , June 1989 , pp. 423 - 437
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1989

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