The corrected b = 2 Stickelberger coefficient #
This file isolates the elementary finite arithmetic behind the
b = 2 integral Stickelberger element. For a nonzero residue a modulo
an odd prime p, its corrected coefficient is
floor (2 * a.val / p).
It is the indicator of the upper half of the nonzero residues. The
corresponding weighted scalar is invertible modulo every prime p ≥ 5;
more precisely, eight times that scalar is one.
The weighted scalar through which the corrected b = 2 element acts
on the inverse-character component.
Equations
Instances For
Reindexing by least positive representatives turns the weighted scalar into the sum of the upper-half representatives.
Closed natural-number formula for the upper-half interval. The
division-free form is convenient for reduction modulo p.
The exact inverse-character scalar identity for the corrected
b = 2 coefficient.
The corrected b = 2 weighted scalar is a unit modulo p.