Exercise 9.23

Suppose that p 1 ( mod 3 ) . Use Exercise 5 to show that x 3 3 ( mod p ) is solvable in iff p is of the form 4 p = C 2 + 243 B 2 .

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Proof. Let p be a rational prime, p 1 ( mod 3 ) , then p = π π ¯ , where π D is a primary prime : π = a + = 3 m 1 + 3 .

Suppose that there exists x such that x 3 3 ( mod p ) . Then x 3 3 ( mod π ) , so χ π ( 3 ) = 1 . By Exercise 9.5, ω 2 n = χ π ( 3 ) = 1 , thus 3 n , therefore 9 b = 3 n , namely b = 9 B , B .

p = = a 2 + b 2 ab , 4 p = ( 2 a b ) 2 + 3 b 2 = C 2 + 243 B 2 , where C = 2 a b , B = b 9 . So there exists C , B such that 4 p = C 2 + 243 B 2 .

Conversely, suppose that there exist C , B such that 4 p = C 2 + 243 B 2 .

As 4 p = ( 2 a b ) 2 + 3 b 2 = C 2 + 3 ( 9 B ) 2 , from the unicity proved in Exercise 8.13, we obtain b = ± 9 B , so 9 b = 3 n , 3 n , and χ π ( 3 ) = ω 2 n = 1 .

Thus there exists x D such that x 3 3 ( mod π ) . As p 1 ( mod 3 ) , D πD = { 0 ¯ , , p 1 ¯ } , so there exists h such that x h ( mod π ) , and h 3 3 ( mod π ) .

Therefore p = N ( h 3 3 ) , namely p ( h 3 3 ) 2 , where p is a rational prime, thus p h 3 3 : there exists x such that x 3 3 ( mod p ) .

Moreover 4 p = C 2 + 243 B 2 implies p 1 ( mod 3 ) .

( p 1 [ 3 ] and x , x 3 3 [ p ] ) C , B , 4 p = C 2 + 243 B 2 .

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