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Evaluating Prime Power Gauss and Jacobi Sums

Number Theory 2014-10-24 v1

Abstract

We show that for any mod pmp^m characters, χ1,,χk,\chi_1, \dots, \chi_k, the Jacobi sum, x1=1pmxk=1x1++xk=Bpmχ1(x1)χk(xk), \sum_{x_1=1}^{p^m}\dots \sum_{\substack{x_k=1\\x_1+\dots+x_k=B}}^{p^m}\chi_1(x_1)\dots \chi_k(x_k), has a simple evaluation when mm is sufficiently large (for m2m\geq 2 if pBp\nmid B). As part of the proof we give a simple evaluation of the mod pmp^m Gauss sums when m2m\geq 2.

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@article{arxiv.1410.6179,
  title  = {Evaluating Prime Power Gauss and Jacobi Sums},
  author = {Misty Long and Vincent Pigno and Christopher Pinner},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1410.6179},
  year   = {2014}
}