Primes of the form x^2 + ny^2
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David A. Cox
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Library
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1997
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Wiley-Interscience
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English
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Provides a general solution to the question of which primes p can be expressed in the form xยฒ + nyยฒ. Covered first are the special cases considered by Fermat, which involve only quadratic reciprocity and the genus theory of quadratic forms. Further, the book shows how the results of Euler and Gauss