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Biquadratic congruences

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2010

G. L. Watson
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University College, London.
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Let p be a prime, t a positive integer, and P = P(x1, …, xn) a polynomial over the rational field K, in any number n of variables, of degree k = 2, 3, or 4. We shall consider the congruence

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Copyright © University College London 1965

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