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On certain expoential and character sums

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Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Mathematics ((LNM,volume 938))

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An isomorphism theorem connected with a class of exponential sums is first proved. Then, a generalized Salie’s sum defined by

is expressed as the sum of two Gauss sums.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, University of Calicut, 673 635, Calicut

    R. Sivaramakrishnan & B. K. Vijayan

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Sivaramakrishnan, R., Vijayan, B.K. (1982). On certain expoential and character sums. In: Alladi, K. (eds) Number Theory. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 938. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0097181

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