Jacobsthal sums, Legendre polynomials and binary quadratic forms
Number Theory
2012-02-14 v3
Abstract
Let be a prime and with . Built on the work of Morton, in the paper we prove the uniform congruence: &\sum_{x=0}^{p-1}\Big(\frac{x^3+mx+n}p\Big) \equiv {-(-3m)^{\frac{p-1}4} \sum_{k=0}^{p-1}\binom{-\frac 1{12}}k\binom{-\frac 5{12}}k (\frac{4m^3+27n^2}{4m^3})^k\pmod p&\t{if $4\mid p-1$,} \frac{2m}{9n}(\frac{-3m}p)(-3m)^{\frac{p+1}4} \sum_{k=0}^{p-1}\binom{-\frac 1{12}}k\binom{-\frac 5{12}}k (\frac{4m^3+27n^2}{4m^3})^k\pmod p&\text{if $4\mid p-3$,} where is the Legendre symbol. We also establish many congruences for , where is given by or , and pose some conjectures on supercongruences modulo concerning binary quadratic forms.
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@article{arxiv.1202.1237,
title = {Jacobsthal sums, Legendre polynomials and binary quadratic forms},
author = {Zhi-Hong Sun},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1202.1237},
year = {2012}
}
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