Constructing x^2 for primes p=ax^2+by^2

Abstract: Let

a

and

b

be positive integers and let

p

be an odd prime such that

p = a x^{2} + b y^{2}

for some integers

x

and

y

. Let

l a m b d a (a, b; n)

be given by

q p r o d_{k = 1}^{i} n f t y (1 - q^{a k})^{3} (1 - q^{b k})^{3} = s u m_{n = 1}^{i} n f t y l a m b d a (a, b; n) q^{n}

. In the paper, using Jacobi's identity

p r o d_{n = 1}^{i} n f t y (1 - q^{n})^{3} = s u m_{k = 0}^{i} n f t y (- 1)^{k} (2 k + 1) q^{f r a c k (k + 1) 2}

we construct

x^{2}

in terms of

l a m b d a (a, b; n)

. For example, if

2 m i d a b

and

p m i d a b (a b + 1)

, then

(- 1)^{f r a c a + b 2 x + f r a c b + 1 2} (4 a x^{2} - 2 p) = l a m b d a (a, b; ((a b + 1) p - a - b) / 8 + 1)

. We also give formulas for

l a m b d a (1, 3; n + 1), l a m b d a (1, 7; 2 n + 1)

,

l a m b d a (3, 5; 2 n + 1)

and

l a m b d a (1, 15; 4 n + 1)

.

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