On generalized Legendre matrices involving roots of unity over finite fields

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Main Authors: Wei, Ning-Liu, Li, Yu-Bo, Wu, Hai-Liang
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author Wei, Ning-Liu
Li, Yu-Bo
Wu, Hai-Liang
author_facet Wei, Ning-Liu
Li, Yu-Bo
Wu, Hai-Liang
contents In this paper, motivated by the work of Chapman, Vsemirnov and Sun et al., we investigate some arithmetic properties of the generalized Legendre matrices over finite fields. For example, letting $a_1,\cdots,a_{(q-1)/2}$ be all non-zero squares in the finite field $\mathbb{F}_q$ which contains $q$ elements with $2\nmid q$, we give the explicit value of $D_{(q-1)/2}=\det[(a_i+a_j)^{(q-3)/2}]_{1\le i,j\le (q-1)/2}$. In particular, if $q=p$ is a prime greater than $3$, then $$\left(\frac{\det D_{(p-1)/2}}{p}\right)= \begin{cases} 1 & \mbox{if}\ p\equiv1\pmod4, (-1)^{(h(-p)+1)/2} & \mbox{if}\ p\equiv 3\pmod4\ \text{and}\ p>3, \end{cases}$$ where $(\cdot/p)$ is the Legendre symbol and $h(-p)$ is the class number of $\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{-p})$.
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spellingShingle On generalized Legendre matrices involving roots of unity over finite fields
Wei, Ning-Liu
Li, Yu-Bo
Wu, Hai-Liang
Number Theory
In this paper, motivated by the work of Chapman, Vsemirnov and Sun et al., we investigate some arithmetic properties of the generalized Legendre matrices over finite fields. For example, letting $a_1,\cdots,a_{(q-1)/2}$ be all non-zero squares in the finite field $\mathbb{F}_q$ which contains $q$ elements with $2\nmid q$, we give the explicit value of $D_{(q-1)/2}=\det[(a_i+a_j)^{(q-3)/2}]_{1\le i,j\le (q-1)/2}$. In particular, if $q=p$ is a prime greater than $3$, then $$\left(\frac{\det D_{(p-1)/2}}{p}\right)= \begin{cases} 1 & \mbox{if}\ p\equiv1\pmod4, (-1)^{(h(-p)+1)/2} & \mbox{if}\ p\equiv 3\pmod4\ \text{and}\ p>3, \end{cases}$$ where $(\cdot/p)$ is the Legendre symbol and $h(-p)$ is the class number of $\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{-p})$.
title On generalized Legendre matrices involving roots of unity over finite fields
topic Number Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.16064