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Jacobsthal identity for

  • Ki-ichiro Hashimoto EMAIL logo , Ling Long and Yifan Yang
Published/Copyright: November 3, 2012

Abstract.

Let p be a prime congruent to 1 or 3 modulo 8 so that the equation is solvable in integers. In this paper, we obtain closed-form expressions for a and b in terms of Jacobsthal sums. This is analogous to a classical identity of Jacobsthal.

Received: 2010-05-31
Published Online: 2012-11-03
Published in Print: 2012-11-01

© 2012 by Walter de Gruyter Berlin Boston

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