An Elementary Proof of the Quadratic Reciprocity Law (Q4469233)
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 2074196
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 2074196 |
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An Elementary Proof of the Quadratic Reciprocity Law (English)
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14 June 2004
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There are more than 190 proofs of the quadratic reciprocity law discovered by C. F. Gauss in 1796. Gauss and G. Eisenstein gave an elementary proof of it, by counting in two ways the lattice points inside the rectangle in the Euclidean plane whose vertices are \((0,0)\), \((p/2, 0)\), \((0,q/2)\), and \((p/2,q/2)\), where \(p\) and \(q\) are distinct odd prime numbers. Another elementary proof, using Euler's criterion, Wilson's theorem and the Chinese Remainder Theorem, is provided in this paper.
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