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Quadratic Gauss sum
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Quadratic Gauss sum
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Created
2026-09-24
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2026-09-24
For
ω
=
e
2
πi
/
p
and the
Legendre symbol
χ
, the
quadratic Gauss sum
is
G
(
χ
)
=
∑
a
=
1
p
−
1
χ
(
a
)
ω
a
.
(1)
It equals
p
for
p
≡
1
(
mod
4
)
and
i
p
for
p
≡
3
(
mod
4
)
with the standard
choice
of
square root
.
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