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We obtain upper estimates on the maximum of an exponential sum of the Möbius function, that is
, under various assumptions. One result is that under the generalized Riemann hypothesis, given ε>0, we have for sufficiently large x, that
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Hajela, D., Smith, B. (1987). On the maximum of an exponential sum of the Möbius function. In: Chudnovsky, D.V., Chudnovsky, G.V., Cohn, H., Nathanson, M.B. (eds) Number Theory. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 1240. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0072979
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