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Quadratic characters in groups of odd order

Gabriel Navarro

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Finite groupAlgebra and Number TheoryQuadratic functionFinite groupsGalois actionCombinatoricsConjugacy classesQuadratic fieldsMathematics::Group TheoryConjugacy classQuadratic equationCharacter tableOrder (group theory)Binary quadratic formQuadratic fieldCharactersMathematics

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Abstract We prove that in a finite group of odd order, the number of irreducible quadratic characters is the number of quadratic conjugacy classes.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2009-10-01Journal of Algebra
10.1016/j.jalgebra.2009.03.030http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jalgebra.2009.03.030