A von Staudt-type formula for $\sum _{z\in {\mathbb{Z}}_n[i]}{z}^k$

Abstract

In this paper we study the sum of powers in the Gaussian integers ${\mathbf{G}}_k(n):={\sum }_{a,b\in [1,n]}(a+bi{)}^k$. We give an explicit formula for ${\mathbf{G}}_k(n)(\mathrm{mod}n)$ in terms of the prime numbers $p\equiv 3(\mathrm{mod}4)$ with $p\mid \mid n$ and $p-1\mid k$, similar to the well known one due to von Staudt for ${\sum }_{i=1}^n{i}^k(\mathrm{mod}n)$. We apply this formula to study the set of integers $n$ which divide ${\mathbf{G}}_n(n)$ and compute its asymptotic density with six exact digits: $0.971000\dots$.

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• Table of Dirichlet L-Series and Prime Zeta Modulo Functions for Small Moduli