On the quartic residue symbol of totally positive quadratic units (Q1083477)

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On the quartic residue symbol of totally positive quadratic units
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    Let m be squarefree positive integer and \(\epsilon_ m\) \((>1)\) the fundamental unit of the real quadratic field \({\mathbb{Q}}(\sqrt{m})\). For a rational prime p satisfying \[ (\frac{- 1}{p})=(\frac{m}{p})=(\frac{\epsilon_ m}{p})=1, \] the biquadratic symbol \((\frac{\epsilon_ m}{p})_ 4\) is defined. The author evaluates this symbol in the following cases: \[ m=qq': q\equiv 3,5\quad (\bmod 8),\;q'\equiv 3\;(\bmod 4),\;(\frac{q}{q'})=-1,\;m=2q: q\equiv 3\;(\bmod 8),\;m=q: q\equiv 3,7,11\;(\bmod 16), \] where q and q' denote prime numbers.
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    quadratic residue symbols
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    fundamental unit
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    real quadratic field
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    biquadratic symbol
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