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Quadratic Gauss sum at p=5

Example

For the standard complex primitive fifth root of unity ζ5=e2πi/5, the quadratic Gauss sum is τ5=ζ5−ζ52−ζ53+ζ54=5, and its Galois stabilizer { b∈(Z/5)×:σb(τ5)=τ5 } is the subgroup of squares {1,4}.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: The prime p=5, the primitive fifth root of unity ζ=ζ5=e2πi/5, and the Gauss sum τ=τ5=∑a mod 5(a/5)ζa.

[L1]

The nonzero squares modulo 5 are 1 and 4, so (1/5)=(4/5)=1 and (2/5)=(3/5)=−1; hence τ=ζ−ζ2−ζ3+ζ4 (Quadratic Gauss sum in a prime cyclotomic field, The Legendre symbol, including its zero value).

[L2]

τ2=p∗=(−1)(5−1)/25=5 (Square of the quadratic Gauss sum).

[L3]

For every b not divisible by 5, the automorphism σb(ζ)=ζb satisfies σb(τ)=(b/5)τ (Galois action on the quadratic Gauss sum).

[L5]

The fifth roots of unity are ζk=exp⁡(2πik/5), so ζ=exp⁡(2πi/5) and ζ4=ζ−1; by Euler's formula ζ+ζ−1=2cos⁡(2π/5) (The n-th roots of a complex number and the n distinct roots of unity for every n≥1, Euler's formula: exp⁡(iθ)=cos⁡θ+isin⁡θ for every real θ). Moreover cos⁡(2π/5)=sin⁡(π/2−2π/5)=sin⁡(π/10)>0, using the cofunction identity and positivity of sine on (0,π) (Cofunction, supplementary, quarter-turn, and reflection identities for the six trigonometric functions, Pi is the first positive zero of sine).

Verification

technique · direct
1.1L1

By [L1], τ=ζ−ζ2−ζ3+ζ4.

1.2L5L6

Put t:=ζ+ζ4=ζ+ζ−1. Then t=2cos⁡(2π/5)>0 by [L5] and [L6].

2.1L4step 1.1step 1.2

Put s:=ζ2+ζ3=ζ2+ζ−2. From Φ5(ζ)=0 we get 1+t+s=0, so s=−1−t; therefore τ=t−s=t−(−1−t)=1+2t.

3.1step 1.2step 2.1

Moreover t2=(ζ+ζ−1)2=ζ2+2+ζ−2=s+2=1−t, so t2+t−1=0 and t=−1±52; since t>0 we have t=5−12.

4.1L2step 2.1step 3.1

Substituting into step 2.1, τ=1+2t=1+(5−1)=5, and this is consistent with the general theorem, which gives τ2=5.

5.1L3step 4.1∎

The stabilizer of τ under σb is the set of b with (b/5)=1, because σb(τ)=(b/5)τ and τ=5≠0; as the nonzero squares modulo 5 are 1 and 4, the stabilizer is {1,4}.

Remarks

  • Independence of the primitive root. Replacing ζ5 by ζ5 b multiplies τ5 by (b/5), so the value 5 is special to the standard positive-orientation root; the square and the generated field are unchanged.
  • The stabilizer has index two. Its two elements are exactly the square classes, matching the description of the Galois group of the quadratic subfield Q(5) of Q(ζ5).

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