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A multiple character sum evaluation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2009

Dae San Kim
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Sogang University, Seoul 121 - 742, South Korea, e-mail: dskim@sogang.ac.kr
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We evaluate in a simple and direct manner a multiple character sum. a special case of which can also be derived from the Möbius inversion and a result of Hanlon.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 2005

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