Beyond the Weyl barrier for $\mathrm{GL}(2)$ exponential sums

Abstract

In this paper, we use the Bessel $\delta$-method, along with new variants of the van der Corput method in two dimensions, to prove non-trivial bounds for $\mathrm{GL}(2)$ exponential sums beyond the Weyl barrier. More explicitly, for sums of $\mathrm{GL}(2)$ Fourier coefficients twisted by $e(f(n))$, with length $N$ and phase $f(n)=N^{\beta }\log n/2\pi$ or $a{n}^{\beta }$, non-trivial bounds are established for $\beta <\mathrm{1.63651...}$, which is beyond the Weyl barrier at $\beta =3/2$.

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