Generalized Kloosterman sum with primes

Abstract

The work is devoted to generalized Kloosterman sums modulo a prime, i.e., trigonometric sums of the form \(\sum\nolimits_{p \leqslant x} {\exp \left\{ {2\pi i\left( {a\bar p + {F_k}\left( p \right)} \right)/q} \right\}} \) and \(\sum\nolimits_{n \leqslant x} {\mu \left( n \right)\exp \left\{ {2\pi i\left( {a\bar n + {F_k}\left( n \right)} \right)/q} \right\}} \), where q is a prime number, \(\left( {a,q} \right) = 1,m\bar m \equiv 1\left( {\bmod {\kern 1pt} q} \right)\), F_k(u) is a polynomial of degree k ≥ 2 with integer coefficients, and p runs over prime numbers. An upper estimate with a power saving is obtained for the absolute values of such sums for x ≥ q^1/2+ε.