A note on the 2𝑘-th power mean of character sums over the quarter interval

A note on the $2k$-th power mean of character sums over the quarter interval
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by Zhefeng Xu

Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 136 (2008), 4175-4184

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-08-09639-1

Published electronically: July 30, 2008

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We obtain an asymptotic formula for the $2k$-th power mean of odd primitive character sums over the interval $[1, \frac {q}{4})$.

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