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For coefficients supported on $N$ consecutive integers,The star restricts to primitive Dirichlet characters. Their finite Fourier transform of a primitive Dirichlet character has normalization of absolute value $\sqrt{q}$. Orthogonality of Dirichlet characters therefore bounds the weighted contribution for one modulus by ${\sum }_{\begin{array}{c}a\mathrm{mod}q\\ (a,q)=1\end{array}}|{\sum }_n{a}_{n}e(an/q){|}^2$. Sum over $q$ and use the exponential-sum large sieve on the distinct reduced fractions of denominators at most $Q$.

For a fixed prime $p\in [P,2P]$, the grid $a/p$ has circular spacing $1/p\ge 1/(2P)$. Consequently an arc of length $\Delta =1/P$ contains at most three points of this grid, including endpoints. The standard Chebyshev estimate $\pi (t)\ll t/\log t$ for the prime-counting function givesSince $N\le P$, the local-multiplicity large sieve yields the prime-denominator large sieve:By contrast, distinct reduced fractions with denominators at most $2P$ have circular distance at least $1/(4P^2)$: their difference, even after subtraction of an integer, has a nonzero integer numerator over denominator $pp\prime$. Applying part (a) alone gives only $(4P^2+2\pi N)E\ll P^{2}E$. The local-multiplicity argument saves a factor of $\log P$.

When $N\le P$,An arc of length $1/P$ contains at most three points of each grid of denominator $p\le 2P$. The Chebyshev estimate gives $O(P/\log P)$ such primes. Apply the local-multiplicity large sieve. Using only the separation of distinct reduced fractions gives the weaker $O(P^2)\sum |a_n{|}^2$.