Function: znconreychar Section: number_theoretical C-Name: znconreychar Prototype: GG Help: znconreychar(G,m): Dirichlet character attached to m in (Z/qZ)* in Conrey's notation, where G is znstar(q,1). Doc: Given a \var{znstar} $G$ attached to $(\Z/q\Z)^*$ (as per \kbd{G = znstar(q,1)}), this function returns the Dirichlet character attached to $m \in (\Z/q\Z)^*$ via Conrey's logarithm, which establishes a ``canonical'' bijection between $(\Z/q\Z)^*$ and its dual. Let $q = \prod_p p^{e_p}$ be the factorization of $q$ into distinct primes. For all odd $p$ with $e_p > 0$, let $g_p$ be the element in $(\Z/q\Z)^*$ which is \item congruent to $1$ mod $q/p^{e_p}$, \item congruent mod $p^{e_p}$ to the smallest positive integer that generates $(\Z/p^2\Z)^*$. For $p = 2$, we let $g_4$ (if $2^{e_2} \geq 4$) and $g_8$ (if furthermore ($2^{e_2} \geq 8$) be the elements in $(\Z/q\Z)^*$ which are \item congruent to $1$ mod $q/2^{e_2}$, \item $g_4 = -1 \mod 2^{e_2}$, \item $g_8 = 5 \mod 2^{e_2}$. Then the $g_p$ (and the extra $g_4$ and $g_8$ if $2^{e_2}\geq 2$) are independent generators of $(\Z/q\Z)^*$, i.e. every $m$ in $(\Z/q\Z)^*$ can be written uniquely as $\prod_p g_p^{m_p}$, where $m_p$ is defined modulo the order $o_p$ of $g_p$ and $p \in S_q$, the set of prime divisors of $q$ together with $4$ if $4 \mid q$ and $8$ if $8 \mid q$. Note that the $g_p$ are in general \emph{not} SNF generators as produced by \kbd{znstar} whenever $\omega(q) \geq 2$, although their number is the same. They however allow to handle the finite abelian group $(\Z/q\Z)^*$ in a fast and elegant way. (Which unfortunately does not generalize to ray class groups or Hecke characters.) The Conrey logarithm of $m$ is the vector $(m_p)_{p\in S_q}$, obtained via \tet{znconreylog}. The Conrey character $\chi_q(m,\cdot)$ attached to $m$ mod $q$ maps each $g_p$, $p\in S_q$ to $e(m_p / o_p)$, where $e(x) = \exp(2i\pi x)$. This function returns the Conrey character expressed in the standard PARI way in terms of the SNF generators \kbd{G.gen}. \bprog ? G = znstar(8,1); ? G.cyc %2 = [2, 2] \\ Z/2 x Z/2 ? G.gen %3 = [7, 3] ? znconreychar(G,1) \\ 1 is always the trivial character %4 = [0, 0] ? znconreychar(G,2) \\ 2 is not coprime to 8 !!! *** at top-level: znconreychar(G,2) *** ^----------------- *** znconreychar: elements not coprime in Zideallog: 2 8 *** Break loop: type 'break' to go back to GP prompt break> ? znconreychar(G,3) %5 = [0, 1] ? znconreychar(G,5) %6 = [1, 1] ? znconreychar(G,7) %7 = [1, 0] @eprog\noindent We indeed get all 4 characters of $(\Z/8\Z)^*$. For convenience, we allow to input the \emph{Conrey logarithm} of $m$ instead of $m$: \bprog ? G = znstar(55, 1); ? znconreychar(G,7) %2 = [7, 0] ? znconreychar(G, znconreylog(G,7)) %3 = [7, 0] @eprog