I'm interested in looking at the details of Gauss' method of determining the sign of the Gauss sum in his "Summatio Quarumdam Serierum Singularium", and I was wondering if anyone knew if there was an English or French translation available at all? I've tried searching on the internet and haven't found anything. Also, are there any modern presentations of the Gauss' method that you would recommend?


Thanks for your help.



English or French translation of Gauss' "Summatio Quarumdam Serierum Singularium"
["*The determination of Gauss sums*"](https://projecteuclid.org/journals/bulletin-of-the-american-mathematical-society-new-series/volume-5/issue-2/The-determination-of-Gauss-sums/bams/1183548292.full) by Berndt and Evans (Bull. Amer. Math. Soc., Vol. 5, Number 2 (1981), 107-129.) contains an exposition of the original proof due to Gauss. It also includes a short historical outline of various classical and modern proofs due to Dirichlet, Cauchy and others.


