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On a Congruence Related to Character Sums

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

J. H. H. Chalk
J. H. H. Chalk*
Affiliation:
University of TorontoToronto, Canada
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Abstract

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If χ is a Dirichlet character to a prime-power modulus pα, then the problem of estimating an incomplete character sum of the form ∑1≤x≤h χ (x) by the method of D. A. Burgess leads to a consideration of congruences of the type

f(x)g'(x) - f'(x)g(x) ≡ 0(pα),

where fg(x) ≢ 0(p) and f, g are monic polynomials of equal degree with coefficients in Ζ. Here, a characterization of the solution-set for cubics is given in terms of explicit arithmetic progressions.

Keywords

10A1010G05
Type
Research Article
Information
Canadian Mathematical Bulletin , Volume 28 , Issue 4 , 01 December 1985 , pp. 431 - 439
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1985

References

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