Exercise 8.10

(continuation) Show that χρ is a character of order 6 and that

g ( χρ ) 6 = ( 1 ) ( p 1 ) 2 p π ¯ 4 .

Answers

Proof. ( χρ ) 6 = χ 6 ρ 6 = 𝜀 , ( χρ ) 2 = χ 2 𝜀 , ( χρ ) 3 = ρ 3 = ρ 𝜀 , so χρ is of order 6.

J ( χ , ρ ) g ( χρ ) = g ( χ ) g ( ρ ) since χ , ρ , χρ are non trivial characters. So

g ( χρ ) 6 = g ( χ ) 6 g ( ρ ) 6 J ( χ , ρ ) 6 .

From Exercise 8.9, g ( χ ) 6 = p 2 π 2 . Proposition 6.3.2 gives g ( ρ ) 2 = ( 1 ) ( p 1 ) 2 p , so g ( ρ ) 6 = ( 1 ) ( p 1 ) 2 p 3 . As π = χ ( 2 ) J ( χ , ρ ) , J ( χ , ρ ) 6 = χ ( 2 ) 6 π 6 = π 6 , since χ ( 2 ) 3 = 1 . Therefore

g ( χρ ) 6 = p 2 π 2 ( 1 ) ( p 1 ) 2 p 3 π 6 = ( 1 ) ( p 1 ) 2 p 5 π 4 .

Moreover, π π ¯ = χ ( 2 ) χ ( 2 ) ¯ J ( χ , ρ ) J ( χ , ρ ) ¯ = | J ( χ , ρ ) | 2 = p (Theorem 8.1, Corollary), so π 1 = π ¯ p . In conclusion,

g ( χρ ) 6 = ( 1 ) ( p 1 ) 2 p π ¯ 4 .

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