|
An elementary proof of the law of quadratic reciprocity over function fields
Author(s):
Chun-Gang
Ji;
Yan
Xue
Journal:
Proc. Amer. Math. Soc.
136
(2008),
3035-3039.
MSC (2000):
Primary 11R58;
Secondary 11A15
Posted:
April 30, 2008
Retrieve article in:
PDF DVI PostScript
Abstract |
References |
Similar articles |
Additional information
Abstract:
Let and be relatively prime monic irreducible polynomials in ( ). In this paper, we give an elementary proof for the following law of quadratic reciprocity in : where is the Legendre symbol.
References:
-
- 1.
- E. Artin, Quadratische Körper im Gebiete der höheren Kongruenzen, I, II, Math. Z. 19 (1924), 153-246. MR 1544651, MR 1544652
- 2.
- L. Carlitz, The arithmetic of polynomials in a Galois field, Amer. J. Math. 54 (1932), 39-50. MR 1506871
- 3.
- L. Carlitz, On certain functions connected with polynomials in a Galois field, Duke Math. J. 1 (1935), 137-168. MR 1545872
- 4.
- R. Dedekind, Abriss einer Theorie der höheren Congruenzen in Bezug auf einer reellen Primzahl-Modulus, J. Reine Angew. Math. 54 (1857), 1-26.
- 5.
- Ke Qin Feng and Linsheng Yin, An elementary proof of the law of quadratic reciprocity in
, Sichuan Daxue Xuebao, Special Issue 26 (1989), 36-40. MR 1059674 (91i:11178) - 6.
- K. D. Merrill and L. H. Walling, On quadratic reciprocity over function fields, Pacific J. Math. 173 (1996), 147-150. MR 1387795 (97a:11011)
- 7.
- M. Rosen, Number Theory in Function Fields, Graduate Texts in Mathematics, vol. 210, Springer-Verlag, New York, 2002. MR 1876657 (2003d:11171)
Similar Articles:
Retrieve articles in Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society
with MSC
(2000):
11R58,
11A15
Retrieve articles in all Journals with MSC
(2000):
11R58,
11A15
Additional Information:
Chun-Gang
Ji
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210097, People's Republic of China
Email:
cgji@njnu.edu.cn
Yan
Xue
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210097, People's Republic of China
Email:
xueyan1981521@163.com
DOI:
10.1090/S0002-9939-08-09327-1
PII:
S 0002-9939(08)09327-1
Keywords:
Rational function fields,
Legendre symbol,
quadratic reciprocity law
Received by editor(s):
July 6, 2007
Posted:
April 30, 2008
Additional Notes:
The first author is partially supported by grants No. 10771103 and 10201013 from NNSF of China and Jiangsu planned projects for postdoctoral research funds
Communicated by:
Wen-Ching Winnie Li
Copyright of article:
Copyright
2008,
American Mathematical Society
The copyright for this article reverts to public domain after 28 years from publication.
|