Square Roots in Z
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- Subject: [mg39093] Square Roots in Z
- From: "flip" <flip_alpha at safebunch.com>
- Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 03:36:06 -0500 (EST)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Hi All, Can Mathematica solve this problem symbolically? Let p and q be odd primes. Use the Chinese Remainder Theorem to express the four square roots of 1 in Z/pq. Find them explicitly when q = 2*p + 1. I am really interested in the specific case qith q = 2*p + 1 (I was just curious of there is some way in Mathematica to do that). Thank you for any guidance. To email me remove "_alpha1" from the given address.