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On Kloosterman sums over finite fields of characteristic 3

Number Theory 2016-01-27 v1 Combinatorics

Abstract

We study the divisibility by 3^k of Kloosterman sums K(a) over finite fields of characteristic 3. We give a new recurrent algorithm for finding the largest k, such that 3^k divides the Kloosterman sum K(a). This gives a new simple test for zeros of such Kloosterman sums.

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@article{arxiv.1601.07039,
  title  = {On Kloosterman sums over finite fields of characteristic 3},
  author = {Leonid Bassalygo and Victor Zinoviev},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1601.07039},
  year   = {2016}
}