Mean Values of the Hardy Sum

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  • School of Mathematics,Northwest University
WANG Xiao-ying(1964-), female, native of Changwu, Shaanxi, a professor of Northwest University, Ph.D., engages in analytic number theory.

Received date: 2015-11-06

  Online published: 2020-10-26

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Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(11571277); Supported by the Science and Technology Program of Shaanxi Province(2016GY-077);

Abstract

Let p≥5 be a prime. For any integer h, the Hardy sum is defined by H(h,p)=sum((-1)j+1+[(hj)/p])from (p-1) to (j=1) which is related to the classical Dedekind sum. The mean values of the Hardy sum in short intervals are studied by using the mean value theorems of Dirichlet L-functions. 

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WANG Xiao-ying, YUE Xia-xia . Mean Values of the Hardy Sum[J]. Chinese Quarterly Journal of Mathematics, 2017 , 32(1) : 16 -33 . DOI: 10.13371/j.cnki.chin.q.j.m.2017.01.003

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