Abstract
Evans has conjectured the value of a certain character sum. The conjecture is confirmed using properties of Gaussian hypergeometric series which are well known for hypergeometric series. Several related questions are discussed.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 136-148 |
Number of pages | 13 |
Journal | Journal of Number Theory |
Volume | 23 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - May 1986 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:* Partially supported by NSF Grant ~CS-83~872.