Abstract:
In the paper upper bounds for sums of the form
$$
\sum_{0<n\le N}\psi\big(f(n)\big),
$$
where $f(x)$ is a polynomial and $\psi(x)=x-[x]-1/2$, are obtained.
The cases
$$
f(x)=\frac1\alpha x^2+\beta x+\gamma
$$
and
$$
f(x)=\frac1\alpha x^3+\beta x^2+\gamma x+\delta
$$
are considered, where $\alpha$ is a large positive number.
Weyl's method and V. N. Popov's reasoning (Mat. Zametki, 18 (1975), 699–704) are used.
Key words and phrases:fractional part, lattice point, Weil's method.