Conjecture C_n on short cubic character sums

Let n≥3n\geq 3, Q≥3Q\geq 3, and let N≤Q1/nN\leq Q^{1/n}. For a non-principal cubic Dirichlet character χ\chi of modulus q≤Qq\leq Q, define the incomplete character sum

Sχ(M,N):=∑M<a≤M+Nχ(a).S_{\chi}(M,N):=\sum_{M<a\leq M+N}\chi(a).

Conjecture CnC_n. For every ε>0\varepsilon>0, there exists δ=δ(n)>0\delta=\delta(n)>0 such that, for all MM,

Sχ(M,N)≪ε,nQ1−δn+ε.S_{\chi}(M,N)\ll_{\varepsilon,n}Q^{\frac{1-\delta}{n}+\varepsilon}.

The implied constant depends only on ε\varepsilon and nn. This is a standard cancellation conjecture for short character sums, stated as similar to an earlier bound; the source gives no resolution status.

References

Primary source

Marius Fischer and Peter Vang Uttenthal, “The spin of prime ideals and level-raising of even Galois representations”, arXiv:2512.14901 (2025).

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