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For a positive integer $b={\prod }_i{p}_i^{n_i}$, every rational number $a/b$ has a unique representation $a/b=n+{\sum }_i{q}_i/p_i^{n_i}$ with $n\in \mathbb{Z}$ and $0\le q_i<p_i^{n_i}$. With $B_i=b/p_i^{n_i}$, the coefficients satisfy $q_i\equiv a{B}_i^{-1}(\mathrm{mod}{p}_i^{n_i})$. Their existence and uniqueness use modular multiplicative inverses and the Chinese remainder theorem.

For odd $n$ prime to 35, proper representation by a positive definite binary quadratic form of discriminant $-35$ is equivalent to $-35$ being a square modulo every prime divisor of $n$. A primitive representing vector extends to a determinant-one integer matrix, producing a form with leading coefficient $n$ and middle coefficient $b$ satisfying $b^2\equiv -35(\mathrm{mod}4n)$. Conversely this congruence constructs such a form. Its local roots lift to prime powers and combine by the Chinese remainder theorem. Every class reduces to one of $x^2+xy+9y^2$ and $3x^2+xy+3y^2$. The condition is local at each prime divisor; a product Jacobi symbol equal to one alone is insufficient.

For a Dedekind domain $R$ and a nonzero proper ideal $I$, the quotient ring $R/I$ is a principal ideal ring. First, the correspondence theorem for ideals and unique factorization of ideals in a Dedekind domain show that the ideals of $R/P^n$ are exactly $P^i/P^n$, $0\le i\le n$. Consecutive powers are distinct by cancellation of invertible fractional ideals. Choose $\pi \in P^i\setminus P^{i+1}$. There is no intermediate ideal between these consecutive powers, so $P^i=(\pi )+P^{i+1}$. Multiplication by $P^r$ and substitution show inductively that $P^i=(\pi )+P^{i+r}$ for every $r\ge 1$. Taking $r=n-i$ gives a single generator modulo $P^n$. Now factor $I$ into pairwise comaximal ideals $P_j^{n_j}$. The Chinese remainder theorem writes $R/I$ as a finite direct product of rings of the preceding type, which is a principal ideal ring. It need not be an integral domain, as $\mathbb{Z}/4\mathbb{Z}$ demonstrates. Applying the result to $(a)$ for any $0\ne a\in I$ makes $I/(a)$ cyclic, yielding two generators for an ideal in a Dedekind domain.

For sufficiency, let $N$ be composite and squarefree, with $p-1\mid N-1$ for every prime factor $p$. For any integer $a$ coprime to $N$, Fermat's little theorem gives $a^{N-1}\equiv 1(\mathrm{mod}p)$ for every such $p$. Their product is $N$, so the Chinese remainder theorem gives the required congruence modulo $N$.

For necessity, first rule out a repeated factor. If $N=p^{k}m$ with $k\ge 2$ and $\gcd (p,m)=1$, the Chinese remainder theorem supplies $a\equiv 1+p(\mathrm{mod}{p}^k)$ and $a\equiv 1(\mathrm{mod}m)$. This $a$ is coprime to $N$. But the binomial theorem givescontradicting the Carmichael number condition. Hence $N$ is squarefree.

Now choose a primitive root $g$ modulo a prime factor $p$. Lift it to a unit modulo $N$ by prescribing $a\equiv g(\mathrm{mod}p)$ and $a\equiv 1(\mathrm{mod}N/p)$. The Chinese remainder theorem applies because $N$ is squarefree. The Carmichael congruence implies $g^{N-1}\equiv 1(\mathrm{mod}p)$. Since $g$ has multiplicative order $p-1$, that order divides $N-1$. This proves the other condition.^[ref]

For an odd prime $p$, a nonzero congruence class $a$ is a quadratic residue when $a\equiv x^2(\mathrm{mod}p)$ for some integer $x$. Here "quadratic residue" excludes zero: zero is a square of a number, but is neither a quadratic residue nor a quadratic nonresidue under this convention. Some treatments include zero among quadratic residues; the distinction matters when counting them or discussing their subgroup.^[ref]

Modulo seven, squaring the six nonzero congruence classes givesThus the set of quadratic residues is $Q_7=\{1,2,4\}$, and the quadratic nonresidues are $\{3,5,6\}$. In particular, $x^2\equiv 2(\mathrm{mod}7)$ has exactly the two solutions $x\equiv 3,4(\mathrm{mod}7)$: $3^2=9\equiv 2$ and $4^2=16\equiv 2$. Modulo eleven the quadratic residues are instead $Q_{11}=\{1,3,4,5,9\}$. Two is therefore a quadratic residue modulo seven and a quadratic nonresidue modulo eleven: being a quadratic residue depends on the modulus.

Why do the square roots come in pairs? If $x^2\equiv y^2(\mathrm{mod}p)$, the prime number $p$ divides $(x-y)(x+y)$, so it divides one factor: $y\equiv x$ or $y\equiv -x(\mathrm{mod}p)$. For nonzero $x$ these are distinct, because $p$ is an odd prime. Every nonempty nonzero fiber of a function of $s(x)=x^2$ therefore contains exactly two inputs. Pairing the $p-1$ nonzero congruence classes gives exactly $(p-1)/2$ quadratic residues and $(p-1)/2$ quadratic nonresidues. Including zero gives $(p+1)/2$ different squares, with one rather than two square roots for zero.

The quadratic residues form a subgroup of the multiplicative group of a finite field ${\mathbb{F}}_p^{\times }$, with index of a subgroup two. Indeed, one is a square, $(u^2)(v^2)=(uv{)}^2$, and $(u^2{)}^{-1}=(u^{-1}{)}^2$; the inverses exist because the inputs are nonzero in the prime field. Equivalently, the squaring group homomorphism has kernel of a group homomorphism $\{1,-1\}$ and image of a function $Q_p$. The apparent loss of a sign in squaring becomes a precise division of the nonzero arithmetic into two equal parts.

This structure turns a search for square roots into a yes-or-no test: Euler's criterion detects quadratic residues through modular exponentiation, and the Legendre symbol records the result as a sign. For a general integer modulus, the modular congruence $x^2\equiv a(\mathrm{mod}n)$ still makes sense, but the two-root count and the prime field argument need not survive. For example, $x^2\equiv 1(\mathrm{mod}15)$ has four solutions $1,4,11,14$; the Chinese remainder theorem separates the sign choices modulo three and five.

For an integral generator $\alpha$ of a number field, let $A=\mathbb{Z}[\alpha ]$ and suppose $p$ is coprime to $[{\mathcal{O}}_K:A]$. Localizing at $p$ makes $A$ and the ring of integers equal, so reduction gives the displayed quotient ring. If $\overline{m}=\prod g_i^{e_i}$ with distinct monic irreducible polynomials, the Chinese remainder theorem gives local factors ${\mathbb{F}}_p[X]/(g_i^{e_i})$. Their residue fields have degrees $\mathrm{deg}{g}_i$ and their maximal ideals have nilpotence indices of an ideal $e_i$. Localizing the Dedekind domain ${\mathcal{O}}_K$ at the corresponding prime ideals gives discrete valuation rings, where this same nilpotence index of an ideal is the ramification index of a prime ideal. Thus $(p)=\prod (p,g_i(\alpha ){)}^{e_i}$ and each residue degree is $\mathrm{deg}{g}_i$.

For coprime moduli $N,N^{\prime }$ and $0<m<\min (N,N^{\prime })$, the Chinese remainder theorem recovers the integer $m^2$ uniquely in $[0,N{N}^{\prime })$ from the two ciphertexts. An ordinary integer square root then recovers the message. If distinct semiprime moduli share a factor, their greatest common divisor instead reveals factors of both moduli. Learning one message in the coprime case does not by itself give a general factoring algorithm or a decryption key for other ciphertexts.

The Cyclotomic character of a finite cyclotomic extension and the Chinese remainder theorem give the displayed Galois group. It has three order-two subgroups and three order-four subgroups; the latter are kernels of its three nonzero group homomorphisms to $C_2$. By the Fundamental theorem of Galois theory, its proper intermediate fields strictly above $\mathbb{Q}$ are the three quadratic fieldsand the three quartic fieldsThe first quartic has cyclic Galois group of order four and unique quadratic subfield $\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{5})$; the second is a biquadratic extension, so they differ. The last is real whereas the others are not, by the maximal real subfield of a cyclotomic field formula. Also $\sqrt{-3}+\sqrt{5}$ generates the second quartic: if $s=\sqrt{-3}+\sqrt{5}$, then $\sqrt{-3}=(s-8/s)/2$ and $\sqrt{5}=(s+8/s)/2$.

For a finite Galois extension of number fields, choose a nonzero residue field generator at $\mathfrak{q}$ and lift it to an integral element $a$ whose residues at the other primes above $\mathfrak{p}$ are zero, using the Chinese remainder theorem. The orbit polynomial ${\prod }_{\sigma \in G}(T-\sigma a)$ has coefficients in the base ring of integers. Modulo $\mathfrak{q}$, its nonzero roots are precisely the orbit of $\overline{a}$ under the decomposition group. Its coefficients belong to $k_{\mathfrak{p}}$, so finite-field Frobenius automorphism permutes these roots. Consequently some decomposition-group element acts as Frobenius on the generator, and therefore on the entire residue field. Frobenius generates the finite-field Galois group, proving surjectivity.

Every ideal of a Dedekind domain is generated by at most two elements. Given a nonzero ideal $I$ and any prescribed nonzero $a\in I$, the Chinese remainder theorem supplies $b\in I$ with $v_P((b))=v_P(I)$ at every prime ideal dividing $(a)$. The prime-ideal valuation in a Dedekind domain then gives $I=(a,b)$.

Suppose a function has least period $r\mid N$ and distinct values on distinct period cosets. Two independent Fourier samples have the form $c_j=s_{j}N/r$ with uniform $s_j\in {\mathbb{Z}}_r$. The displayed candidate is $r/\gcd (r,s_1,s_2)$, so exact recovery occurs when no prime divisor of $r$ divides both residues. The Chinese remainder theorem gives probability ${\prod }_{\ell \mid r}(1-{\ell }^{-2})\ge 1/\zeta (2)=6/{\pi }^2$, using the Euler product. Unlike a single-sample coprimality probability, this bound is uniformly greater than one half. A candidate-period test makes successful recovery heralded when such a test is available.

Choose a modulus $W$ that is a product of small primes. Every prime not dividing $W$ must be coprime to $W$, so a search can restrict candidates to the corresponding residue classes modulo $W$. For several linear polynomials, discard each residue class in which any required value is divisible by a selected prime. The surviving residue classes can be combined using the Chinese remainder theorem.