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Let p be an odd prime. For each integer a with 1 ≤ a ≤ p − 1, it is clear that there exists one and only one ā with 1 ≤ ā ≤ p − 1 such that a · ā ≡ 1 mod p. Let N(p) denote the set of all primitive roots a mod p with 1 ≤ a ≤ p − 1 in which a and ā are of opposite parity. The main purpose of this paper is using the analytic method and the estimate for the hybrid exponential sums to study the solvability of the congruence a + b ≡ 1 mod p with a, b ∈ N(p), and give a sharper asymptotic formula for...

For the general modulo $q\ge 3$ and a general multiplicative character $\chi$ modulo $q$, the upper bound estimate of $\left|S\right(m,n,1,\chi ,q\left)\right|$ is a very complex and difficult problem. In most cases, the Weil type bound for $\left|S\right(m,n,1,\chi ,q\left)\right|$ is valid, but there are some counterexamples. Although the value distribution of $\left|S\right(m,n,1,\chi ,q\left)\right|$ is very complicated, it also exhibits many good distribution properties in some number theory problems. The main purpose of this paper is using the estimate for $k$-th Kloosterman sums and analytic method to study the asymptotic properties...

Let $\mathbb{Z}$, $\mathbb{N}$ be the sets of all integers and positive integers, respectively. Let $p$ be a fixed odd prime. Recently, there have been many papers concerned with solutions $(x,y,n,a,b)$ of the equation $x^2+2^a{p}^b=y^n$, $x,y,n\in \mathbb{N}$, $gcd(x,y)=1$, $n\ge 3$, $a,b\in \mathbb{Z}$, $a\ge 0$, $b\ge 0.$ And all solutions of it have been determined for the cases $p=3$, $p=5$, $p=11$ and $p=13$. In this paper, we mainly concentrate on the case $p=3$, and using certain recent results on exponential diophantine equations including the famous Catalan equation, all solutions $(x,y,n,a,b)$ of the equation $x^2+2^a·{17}^b=y^n$, $x,y,n\in \mathbb{N}$, $gcd(x,y)=1$, $n\ge 3$, $a,b\in \mathbb{Z}$, $a\ge 0$, $b\ge 0$, are determined....

Various properties of classical Dedekind sums $S(h,q)$ have been investigated by many authors. For example, Wenpeng Zhang, On the mean values of Dedekind sums, J. Théor. Nombres Bordx, 8 (1996), 429–442, studied the asymptotic behavior of the mean value of Dedekind sums, and H. Rademacher and E. Grosswald, Dedekind Sums, The Carus Mathematical Monographs No. 16, The Mathematical Association of America, Washington, D.C., 1972, studied the related properties. In this paper, we use the algebraic method to...

Let m be a positive integer. Using an upper bound for the solutions of generalized Ramanujan-Nagell equations given by Y. Bugeaud and T. N. Shorey, we prove that if 3 ∤ m, then the equation ${(4m²+1)}^x+{(5m²-1)}^y={\left(3m\right)}^z$ has only the positive integer solution (x,y,z) = (1,1,2).

Let $D$ be a positive integer, and let $p$ be an odd prime with $p\nmid D$. In this paper we use a result on the rational approximation of quadratic irrationals due to M. Bauer, M. A. Bennett: Applications of the hypergeometric method to the generalized Ramanujan-Nagell equation. Ramanujan J. 6 (2002), 209–270, give a better upper bound for $N(D,p)$, and also prove that if the equation $U^2-D{V}^2=-1$ has integer solutions $(U,V)$, the least solution $(u_1,v_1)$ of the equation $u^2-p{v}^2=1$ satisfies $p\nmid v_1$, and $D>C\left(p\right)$, where $C\left(p\right)$ is an effectively computable constant...

The various properties of classical Dedekind sums $S(h,q)$ have been investigated by many authors. For example, Yanni Liu and Wenpeng Zhang: A hybrid mean value related to the Dedekind sums and Kloosterman sums, Acta Mathematica Sinica, 27 (2011), 435–440 studied the hybrid mean value properties involving Dedekind sums and generalized Kloosterman sums $K(m,n,r;q)$. The main purpose of this paper, is using the analytic methods and the properties of character sums, to study the computational problem of one kind of...