THE VALUE DISTRIBUTION OF INCOMPLETE GAUSS SUMS


Akarsu E., Marklof J.

MATHEMATIKA, cilt.59, ss.381-398, 2013 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 59
  • Basım Tarihi: 2013
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1112/s0025579312001179
  • Dergi Adı: MATHEMATIKA
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.381-398
  • Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

It is well known that the classical Gauss sum, normalized by the square-root number of terms, takes only finitely many values. If one restricts the range of summation to a subinterval, a much richer structure emerges. We prove a limit law for the value distribution of such incomplete Gauss sums. The limit distribution is given by the distribution of a certain family of periodic functions. Our results complement Oskolkov's pointwise bounds for incomplete Gauss sums as well as the limit theorems for quadratic Weyl sums (theta sums) due to Jurkat and van Horne and the second author.