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The quadratic reciprocity law and the elementary theta function

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 May 2009

Martin Eichler
Martin Eichler
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27, im Lee CH 4144 Arlesheim, Switzerland
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This note points out a new aspect of the well-known relationship between the subjects mentioned in the title. The following result and its generalization in totally real algebraic number fields is central to the discussion. Let denote the Legendre symbol for relatively prime numbers a and b ℇ ℤ and a substitution of the modular subgroup Γ0(4). Then, if γ>0 and b≡1 mod 2,

with

and

According to (1), the Legendre symbol behaves somewhat like a modular function ﹙apart from the known behaviour under and ﹚. (1) follows (see below) from the functional equation

with

provided that

Here we used and always will use the abbreviation

and ℇδ means the absolutely least residue of δ mod 4. In the proof, Hecke [4] assumed γ>0 (see also Shimura [5]).

Type
Research Article
Information
Glasgow Mathematical Journal , Volume 27 , October 1985 , pp. 19 - 30
Copyright
Copyright © Glasgow Mathematical Journal Trust 1985

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