Gauss sums and their prime factorization (Q757483)
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Gauss sums and their prime factorization (English)
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1990
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The author gives a new proof of the prime factorization of Gauss sums associated with the finite field of p elements (p prime). The author's very simple proof derives the prime fatorization as a formal consequence of four basic properties of Gauss sums.
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annihilation of ideal class groups by Stickelberger ideals
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prime factorization of Gauss sums
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finite field
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