##  [Bilinear Forms Method](/bilinear-forms-method) 

  ##  [Bilinear Forms Method](https://puremath.quantumdictionary.io/bilinear-forms-method-0) 

  

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Definition

A method that rewrites arithmetic sums as bilinear expressions sum_{m,n} a_m b_n K(m,n) in order to exploit cancellation between the two variables using Cauchy–Schwarz, spectral decompositions, or bounds for exponential and character sums.