Complex Numbers Over Fields
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- Subject: [mg39897] Complex Numbers Over Fields
- From: "flip" <flip_alpha at safebunch.com>
- Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 02:36:01 -0500 (EST)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Hello, Is there any way to show symbolically that over the Field F{31^2}, the expression (c + d I)^32 = c^2 + d^2 is true. I am asking because I have this expression in that field: [(1 + 19 I)^209 and I can do: Mod[(1 + 19 i)^209, 31] = 26 + 28 i (the result I am looking for). But I was wondering if it can be shown after verifying the identity above by hand? Thanks for any input, Flip Note: Remove "_alpha" to email me.