{ "id": "math/0501530", "version": "v1", "published": "2005-01-29T20:15:16.000Z", "updated": "2005-01-29T20:15:16.000Z", "title": "On Estimates of Exponential Sums", "authors": [ "N. A. Carella" ], "comment": "7 Pages", "categories": [ "math.NT" ], "abstract": "This paper introduces a general technique for estimating the absolute value of pure Gaussian sums of order k over a prime p for a class of composite order k. The new estimate improves the classical estimate by a factor of about 2 or better (depending on k) for all sufficiently large primes p.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v1", "updated": "2005-01-29T20:15:16.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "subjects": [ "11L07" ], "keywords": [ "exponential sums", "pure gaussian sums", "general technique", "composite order", "absolute value" ], "note": { "typesetting": "TeX", "pages": 7, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable" } } }