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The order of a Dirichlet character χ\chi is the least positive integer nn such that χn\chi^n is the trivial character of the same modulus as χ\chi. Equivalently, it is the order nn of the image of χ\chi in C×\mathbb{C}^\times, the group of nnth roots of unity.

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  • Last edited by Pascal Molin on 2019-05-01 04:39:36
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