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The First Factor of the Class Number of a Cyclic Field

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Leonard Carlitz*
Affiliation:
Duke University
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Let p be a fixed prime > 3. The first factor of the field R(ζ), where R is the rational field and , is determined by means of

1.1,

where

r is a primitive root (mod p), and ri is the least positive residue of ri (mod p).

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1954

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