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Generalized Maillet determinant

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 January 2016

S. Okada*
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science Nagoya University, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464, Japan
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In this paper, we shall study a generalization of the Maillet determinant. hetp be an odd prime, and G = (Z/pZ)*. We shall identify any integer and its image in G if there is no fear of confusion. For any integer a, let R(a) denote an integer satisfying

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Copyright © Editorial Board of Nagoya Mathematical Journal 1984

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