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The tool of van der Corput's difference theorem in the theory of uniform distribution is his so-called fundamental inequality.Kemperman showed that even the non-constructive proofs of the difference theorem byBass, Bertrandias andCigler implicitly use a more general form of van der Corput's fundamental inequality. In this article, the inequality which constitutes the basis of the difference theorem will be proved under a very general setting, applications will be demonstrated in connection with the uniform distribution of products of linear forms and a quantitative version of the difference theorem, i. e. an estimation of discrepancies, will be derived.
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Taschner, R.J. Eine Ungleichung von van der Corput und Kemperman. Monatshefte für Mathematik 91, 139–152 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01295144
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