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References
  • Harold M. Edwards, Kummer, Eisenstein, and higher reciprocity laws, Number theory related to Fermat’s last theorem (Cambridge, Mass., 1981) Progr. Math., vol. 26, Birkhäuser Boston, Boston, MA, 1982, pp. 31–43. MR 685286, DOI 10.1007/978-1-4899-6699-5_{2}
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Additional Information
  • Harold M. Edwards
  • Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, New York University, 251 Mercer Street, New York, New York 10012
  • Received by editor(s): June 30, 2006
  • Published electronically: October 31, 2006
  • © Copyright 2006 American Mathematical Society
  • Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 44 (2007), 133-135
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-06-01139-6
  • MathSciNet review: 2265012