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An indeterminate in number theory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2009

Emma Lehmer
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Abstract

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This paper studies quintic residuacity of primes p of the form for which the expression for 4f modulo p given in the first volume of this journal becomes indeterminate, and replaces it by a much simpler expression.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1989

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