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On Kloosterman's sum

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2010

T. Estermann
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University College, London, W.C.1.
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Let m, n, q denote positive integers, p a prime, and a, b, h, r, s, t, u, v integers. If (r, q) = 1, let [r, q] be the integer s for which 0 < sq and rs ≡ 1 (modq). Let

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Copyright © University College London 1961

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