derivation of Gauss sum up to a sign
The Gauss sum can be easily evaluated up to a sign by squaring the original series
and summing over a new variable | ||||
References
- 1 Harold Davenport. Multiplicative Number Theory. Markham Pub. Co., 1967. http://www.emis.de/cgi-bin/zmen/ZMATH/en/quick.html?type=html&an=0159.06303Zbl 0159.06303.