Combinatorics on Finite Fields: the Sign Repartition for the Quadratic Residues
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Published Online: Dec 10, 2014
Page range: 41 - 44
Received: Oct 01, 2013
Accepted: Dec 01, 2013
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/auom-2014-0004
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© 2014 Şerban Bărcănescu
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In the present paper we present the equivalence between the combinatorial determination of the sign repartition for the quadratic residues and non-residues to the computation of the class number of certain quadratic extensions of the field of rationals.