2007-01-01
Congruences for Brewer sums
Publication
Publication
Finite Fields and their Applications
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Volume 13
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Issue 1
p. 1-
19
We prove congruences modulo 4 and modulo 8 for certain polynomial character sums, and use these congruences to give conditions for the nonvanishing of Brewer sums.
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| Keywords | Brewer sums, Character sums, Dickson polynomials, Factorization of polynomials, Finite fields, Gauss sums, Jacobsthal sums, Special polynomials |
| Persistent URL | dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ffa.2005.06.002 |
| Journal | Finite Fields and their Applications |
| Citation |
Alaca, S. (2007). Congruences for Brewer sums. Finite Fields and their Applications, 13(1), 1–19. doi:10.1016/j.ffa.2005.06.002
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