Title of article :
Congruences for Brewer sums
Author/Authors :
Saban Alaca, Kenneth S. Williams، نويسنده ,
Issue Information :
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2007
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.
Keywords :
Dickson polynomials , finite fields , Factorization of polynomials , Brewer sums , Character sums , Jacobsthal sums , Specialpolynomials , Gauss sums
Journal title :
Finite Fields and Their Applications
Journal title :
Finite Fields and Their Applications
