In mathematics, Brewer sums are finite character sum introduced by Brewer (1961, 1966) related to Jacobsthal sums.
The Brewer sum is given by where Dn is the Dickson polynomial (or "Brewer polynomial") given by and () is the Legendre symbol.
The Brewer sum is zero when n is coprime to q2−1.
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