Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4583516 | Finite Fields and Their Applications | 2007 | 19 Pages |
Abstract
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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