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The distribution of exponential sums

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2010

J. H. Loxton
Affiliation:
School of Mathematics, University of New South Wales, Kensington, N.S.W., Australia, 2033.
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We shall consider incomplete exponential sums of the shape

where q, a and h are integers satisfying 1 ≤ a < a + h ≤ q, f(x) is a function denned at least for the integers in the range of summation, and eq(t) is an abbreviation for e2πit/q.

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Copyright © University College London 1985

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