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Main Authors: Bober, Jonathan W., Goldmakher, Leo
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Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.16937
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author Bober, Jonathan W.
Goldmakher, Leo
author_facet Bober, Jonathan W.
Goldmakher, Leo
contents In this note we prove (under mild hypotheses) that $f$ is a nontrivial character of $\mathbb{F}_p$ if and only if the Fourier transform of $f$ has magnitude 1 somewhere in $\mathbb{F}_p^\times$. This implies a converse to a theorem of Gauss on the magnitude of the Gauss sum, in addition to other consequences.
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spellingShingle A converse to a theorem of Gauss on Gauss sums
Bober, Jonathan W.
Goldmakher, Leo
Number Theory
Representation Theory
11L05 (Primary) 11T24, 20C15 (Secondary)
In this note we prove (under mild hypotheses) that $f$ is a nontrivial character of $\mathbb{F}_p$ if and only if the Fourier transform of $f$ has magnitude 1 somewhere in $\mathbb{F}_p^\times$. This implies a converse to a theorem of Gauss on the magnitude of the Gauss sum, in addition to other consequences.
title A converse to a theorem of Gauss on Gauss sums
topic Number Theory
Representation Theory
11L05 (Primary) 11T24, 20C15 (Secondary)
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.16937