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On the quadratic reciprocity law
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 April 2009
Abstract
A version of Gauss's fifth proof of the quadratic reciprocity law is given which uses only the simplest group-theoretic considerations (dispensing even with Gauss's Lemma) and makes manifest that the reciprocity law is a simple consequence of the Chinese Remainder Theorem.
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- Journal of the Australian Mathematical Society , Volume 51 , Issue 3 , December 1991 , pp. 423 - 425
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- Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1991
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