Major-arc value of the prime exponential sum

ID: major-arc-value-of-the-prime-exponential-sum

For and , apply the Siegel–Walfisz theorem to every reduced residue class with error exponent . The main terms sum to , where the Ramanujan sum satisfies for coprime . Nonunits with nonzero Von Mangoldt function are powers of primes dividing and contribute at most , which is absorbed by the error. For arbitrary , the correct main term is ; the reduced numerator hypothesis cannot be omitted.

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