Abstract:

This talk concerns some recent results joint with Igor Shparlinski and Kam Hung Yau regarding estimates for multiplicative character sums modulo a prime number. We review the Burgess bound for such sums and show how to obtain a logarithmic improvement using estimates from sieve theory.

Speaker

Bryce Kerr

Research Area
Affiliation

University of New South Wales

Date

Tue, 27/02/2018 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm

Venue

RC-4082, The Red Centre, UNSW