Ternary cyclotomic numbers and ternary Jacobi sums

Cyclotomic numbers and Jacobi sums, introduced over two centuries ago by Gauss and Jacobi, respectively, are pivotal in number theory and find wide applications in combinatorial designs, coding theory, cryptography, and information theory. The cyclotomic problem, focused on determining all cyclotomi...

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Main Authors: Zhichao Tang, Xiang Fan
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Published: AIMS Press 2024-09-01
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description Cyclotomic numbers and Jacobi sums, introduced over two centuries ago by Gauss and Jacobi, respectively, are pivotal in number theory and find wide applications in combinatorial designs, coding theory, cryptography, and information theory. The cyclotomic problem, focused on determining all cyclotomic numbers, or equivalently evaluating all Jacobi sums of a given order, has been a subject of extensive research. This paper explores their trivariate counterparts, termed "ternary cyclotomic numbers" and "ternary Jacobi sums", highlighting the fundamental properties that mirror those of the classical cases. We show the ternary versions of Fourier series expansions, two symmetry properties, and a summation equation. We further demonstrate that ternary Jacobi sums, with at least one trivial variable, can be evaluated in terms of classical Jacobi sums of the same order. These properties are established through elementary methods that parallel those utilized in classical cases. Based on these properties, then we offer explicit calculations for all ternary Jacobi sums and ternary cyclotomic numbers of order $ e = 2 $, and near-complete results for order $ e = 3 $, with the exception of the elusive integer $ J_{3}(1, 1, 2) $ for us.
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spelling doaj-art-e9d3612a9bfe4e6a98f83490ab55c0582025-08-20T01:54:49ZengAIMS PressAIMS Mathematics2473-69882024-09-01910265572657810.3934/math.20241292Ternary cyclotomic numbers and ternary Jacobi sumsZhichao Tang 0Xiang Fan 1School of Mathematics, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, ChinaSchool of Mathematics, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, ChinaCyclotomic numbers and Jacobi sums, introduced over two centuries ago by Gauss and Jacobi, respectively, are pivotal in number theory and find wide applications in combinatorial designs, coding theory, cryptography, and information theory. The cyclotomic problem, focused on determining all cyclotomic numbers, or equivalently evaluating all Jacobi sums of a given order, has been a subject of extensive research. This paper explores their trivariate counterparts, termed "ternary cyclotomic numbers" and "ternary Jacobi sums", highlighting the fundamental properties that mirror those of the classical cases. We show the ternary versions of Fourier series expansions, two symmetry properties, and a summation equation. We further demonstrate that ternary Jacobi sums, with at least one trivial variable, can be evaluated in terms of classical Jacobi sums of the same order. These properties are established through elementary methods that parallel those utilized in classical cases. Based on these properties, then we offer explicit calculations for all ternary Jacobi sums and ternary cyclotomic numbers of order $ e = 2 $, and near-complete results for order $ e = 3 $, with the exception of the elusive integer $ J_{3}(1, 1, 2) $ for us.https://aimspress.com/article/doi/10.3934/math.20241292?viewType=HTMLcyclotomic numberjacobi sumcyclotomic problemfinite field
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cyclotomic problem
finite field
title Ternary cyclotomic numbers and ternary Jacobi sums
title_full Ternary cyclotomic numbers and ternary Jacobi sums
title_fullStr Ternary cyclotomic numbers and ternary Jacobi sums
title_full_unstemmed Ternary cyclotomic numbers and ternary Jacobi sums
title_short Ternary cyclotomic numbers and ternary Jacobi sums
title_sort ternary cyclotomic numbers and ternary jacobi sums
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jacobi sum
cyclotomic problem
finite field
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