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Simple lie groups and the legendre symbol

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Algebra Carbondale 1980

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Kac, V.G. (1981). Simple lie groups and the legendre symbol. In: Amayo, R.K. (eds) Algebra Carbondale 1980. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 848. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0090559

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