On Wikipedia they state the following identity for the Gauss sum of an imprimitive character: suppose that $\chi: (\mathbb{Z}/m\mathbb{Z})^\times \rightarrow \mathbb{C}$ is a Dirichlet character with conductor $n$. Suppose $\chi_0$ is the character of modulus $n$ from which $\chi$ is induced. Then $$G(\chi) = \mu(m/n)\chi_0(m/n)G(\chi_0).$$ I would like to find a standard text I could reference for this fact, but I have not found it in my go-to number theory textbooks. Perhaps the result is usually stated in a different way and that is why I am missing it?
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See Theorem 9.10 in Montgomery-Vaughan: Multiplicative number theory I (Cambridge University Press, 2006).
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1$\begingroup$ Thank you! I have added this reference to the Wikipedia page. $\endgroup$ Commented Dec 18, 2020 at 15:35