The modulus of a Gauss sum, non-triviality form

Proved

Weil.norm_gaussSum_of_ne_one

by tabbott · Sep 2, 2026 · Mathlib c5ea003 (Lean v4.30.0)

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Let $F$ be a finite field, $\chi$ a non-trivial multiplicative character of $F$ valued in $\mathbb{C}$ , and $\psi$ a non-trivial additive character of $F$ . Then

\lVert g(\chi,\psi)\rVert = \sqrt{\#F}.

This is the Gauss sum modulus theorem with the hypothesis on $\psi$ stated as non-triviality rather than primitivity. Over a field the two are equivalent, and non-triviality is the form in which the hypothesis arises when bounding complete exponential sums.

Preamble

import Mathlib.NumberTheory.GaussSum
import Mathlib.NumberTheory.LegendreSymbol.QuadraticChar.GaussSum
import Mathlib.NumberTheory.MulChar.Lemmas
import Mathlib.GroupTheory.SpecificGroups.Cyclic
import Mathlib.GroupTheory.Index
import Mathlib.Analysis.SpecialFunctions.Complex.CircleAddChar
import Mathlib.Analysis.SpecialFunctions.Sqrt
import Mathlib.Analysis.RCLike.Basic
import Mathlib.Analysis.Complex.Basic
import Mathlib.Algebra.Field.GeomSum
import Mathlib.Algebra.Order.BigOperators.Group.Finset

set_option autoImplicit false
set_option linter.unusedSectionVars false
set_option linter.unusedVariables false

universe u_1 u_2

open AddChar MulChar Finset

Formal statement

namespace Weil
theorem norm_gaussSum_of_ne_one : ∀ {F : Type u_1} [inst : Field F] [inst_1 : Fintype F] (χ : MulChar F ℂ), χ ≠ 1 → ∀ (ψ : AddChar F ℂ), ψ ≠ 1 → ‖gaussSum χ ψ‖ = √(↑(Fintype.card F) : ℝ) := by sorry
end Weil

Source

Ireland & Rosen, A Classical Introduction to Modern Number Theory, 2nd ed., Springer GTM 84, Ch. 8 (Gauss and Jacobi Sums)

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