An apology for number 2
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leblon"Here we begin to have trouble for the prime 2. The reason for this trouble is not any fundamental perversity of the prime 2, but the fact that quadratic forms are the subject of our study. If it were cubic, 3 would be the onerous prime."
(Burton W. Jones, The Arithmetic Theory of Quadratic Forms.)
(Burton W. Jones, The Arithmetic Theory of Quadratic Forms.)
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Date: 2013-06-12 05:48 am (UTC)(no subject)
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