The trigonometric sum f(m, n) = ∑ k=1 m-1 sin(πkn/m) /sin(πk/m) (1 < m ∈ N, n ∈ N) has several applications in number theory. We prove that the mean value inequalities c1m(log m + γ - logπ/2) ≤ 1/m ∑ n=1 f(m, n) < c2m(log ...