On Euler's criterion

Emma Lehmer

Journal of the Australian Mathematical Society · 1959 · 35 citations · 2 references

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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 α κ is some κ-th root of unity modulo ρ.

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