 Pólya–Vinogradov inequality (source code)

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= Pólya–Vinogradov inequality
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{title2=$|\sum_{M<n\le M+N}\chi(n)|\ll\sqrt q\log q$}

For a primitive nonprincipal <Dirichlet character> modulo $q$, finite <Fourier inversion theorem> and the primitive Gauss magnitude give this bound uniformly in the interval. Bound the exponential sums by $C\|a/q\|^{-1}$ and sum the resulting <harmonic series>. The general Gauss identity follows from the prime-power identity by the <Chinese remainder theorem>.

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