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On Euler's criterion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2009

Emma Lehmer
Emma Lehmer
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Berkeley, Calif., U.S.A.
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Euler's criterion states that if p is a prime then if and only if D is a k-th power residue of p.

However if (1) does not hold then (2)

where ακ is some κ-th root of unity modulo ρ.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of the Australian Mathematical Society , Volume 1 , Issue 1 , August 1959 , pp. 64 - 70
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Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1959

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