Collected Papers of Kenneth S. Williams

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ALNT The class number of pairs of positive-definite binary quadratic forms, Acta Aritmetica 52 (1989), 103-117. (with K. Hardy)
ALNT The representation of a pair of integers by a pair of positive-definite binary quadratic forms, Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 105 (1989), 847-855. (with K. Hardy and P. Kaplan)
ANNT, CNT Determination of all imaginary cyclic quartic fields with class number 2, Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 311 (1989), 1-55. (with K. Hardy, R. H. Hudson, and D. Richman)
ANNT, CNT Explicit evaluation of certain Eisenstein sums, in Number Theory, Proceedings of the First Conference of the Canadian Number Theory Association, Banff, Alberta, April 17-27, 1988, pp. 553-626, de Gruyter, Berlin, 1990. (with K. Hardy and B. K. Spearman, and the assistance of N. Buck and I. deMille)
ENT On the size of a solution of Legendre's equation, Utilitas Math. 34 (1988), 65-72.
ALNT Cyclic quartic fields with relative integral bases over their quadratic subfields, Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 103 (1988), 687-694. (with B. K. Spearman)
ALNT, CNT The class number two problem for certain quartic fields, Sixteenth Manitoba Conference on Numerical Mathematics and Computing, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 1986, Congr. Numer. 56 (1987), 63-70.
ALNT, CNT Calculation of the class numbers of imaginary cyclic quartic fields, Math. Comp. 49 (1987), 615-620. (with K. Hardy, R. H. Hudson, D. Richman, and N. M. Holtz)
ALNT, CNT The cyclotomic numbers of order fifteen, Math. Comp. 48 (1987), 67-83. (with N. Buck, L. Smith, and B. K. Spearman)
ALNT, ANNT Congruences modulo 16 for the class numbers of complex quadratic fields, J. Number Theory 27 (1987), 178-195. (with K. Hardy)
ALNT, CNT Cyclotomy of order twelve over GF(p²), p² ≡ 1 (mod 12), Math. Comp. 48 (1987), 444-446. (with J. B. Muskat)
ALNT A congruence relating the class numbers of complex quadratic fields, Acta Arith. 47 (1986), 263-276. (with K. Hardy)
ALNT Cyclotomy of order 15 over GF(p²), p=4, 11 (mod 15), Internat. J. Math. Math. Sci. 9 (1986), 665-704. (with C. Friesen, J. B. Muskat and B. K. Spearman)
ALNT Cycles d'ordre au moins 16 dans le deux groupe des classes d'ideaux au sens strict de corps quadratiques, Proceedings of the International Conference on Class Numbers and Fundamental Units of Algebraic Number Fields, June 24-28, 1986, Katata, Japan, pp. 189-203, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan, 1986. (with P. Kaplan)
ALNT The class number two problem for certain quartic fields, Proceedings of the Symposium on Algebraic Number Theory, Kyoto University, Japan, June 22-July 3, 1986, pp. 51--59.
ALNT Calculation of the class numbers of certain quartic fields, Proceedings of the International Conference on Class Numbers and Fundamental Units of Algebraic Number Fields, June 24-28, 1986, Katata, Japan, pp. 139-150.
ALNT Divisibilite par 16 du nombre des classes au sens strict des corps quadratiques reels dont le deux-groupe des classes est cyclique, Osaka J. Math. 23 (1986), 479-489. (with P. Kaplan and K. Hardy)
ALNT, ENT On the solvability of the diophantine equation dV2 - 2eVW - dW2 = 1, Pacific J. Math. 124 (1986), 145-158. (with K. Hardy)
ALNT A simple proof of Eisenstein's reciprocity law from Stickelberger's theorem, Indian J. Pure Appl. Math. 17 (1986), 169-174. (with B. K. Spearman)
ALNT Another proof of Eisenstein's law of cubic reciprocity and its supplement, Rocky Mountain J. Math. 16 (1986), 395-402. (with C. Friesen and B. K. Spearman)
ALNT, ENT Pell's equations x² - my² = -1, -4 and continued fractions, J. Number Theory 23 (1986), 169-182. (with P. Kaplan)
ALNT A congruence for the index of a unit of a real abelian number field, Acta. Arith. 46 (1985), 57-72. (with K. Hardy)
ALNT On the evaluation of the Legendre symbol (A + B√mp), Acta Arith. 45 (1985), 255-272. (with K. Hardy and C. Friesen)
ALNT Criteria for biquadratic residuacity modulo a prime p involving quaternary representations of p, Canad. J. Math. 37 (1985), 337-370. (with C. Friesen and L. J. Howe)
ANNT, ALNT Remark on the class number of Q(√2p) modulo 8 for p≡5(mod 8) a prime, Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 93 (1985), 198-200. (with C. Friesen)
ALNT An application of dihedral fields to representations of primes by binary quadratic forms, Acta Arith. 44 (1984), 407-413. (with P. Kaplan and Y. Yamamoto)
ALNT Extension of a theorem of Cauchy and Jacobi, J. Number Theory 19 (1984), 309-340. (with D. A. Buell and R. H. Hudson)
ALNT On the strict class number of Q(√2p) modulo 16, p≡1(mod 8) prime, Osaka J. Math. 21 (1984), 23-29. (with P. Kaplan)
ALNT Binomial coefficients and Jacobi sums, Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 281 (1984), 431-505. (with R. H. Hudson)
ALNT An observation on binary quadratic forms of discriminant -32q, Abh. Math. Sem. Univ. Hamburg 53 (1983), 39-40. (with P. A. Leonard)
ALNT On the divisibility of the class number of Q(√-pq) by 16, Proc. Edinburgh Math. Soc. 26 (1983), 221-231. (with P. A. Leonard)
ANNT On the quadratic residues (mod p) in the interval (0, p/4), Canad. Math. Bull. 26 (1983), 123-124.
ENT On Legendre's equation ax² + by² + cz² = 0, J. Number Theory 16 (1983), 100-105. (with R. H. Hudson)
ALNT Extensions of theorems of Cunningham-Aigner and Hasse-Evans, Pacific J. Math. 104 (1983), 111-132. (with R. H. Hudson)
ALNT Congruences for representations of primes by binary quadratic forms, Acta Arith. 41 (1982), 311-322. (with R. H. Hudson)
ALNT An application of a formula of Western to the evaluation of certain Jacobsthal sums, Acta Arith. 41 (1982), 261-276. (with R. H. Hudson)
ANNT, CNT Class number formulae of Dirichlet type, Math. Comp. 39 (1982), 725-732. (with R. H. Hudson)
ALNT, ANNT Congruences modulo 16 for the class numbers of the quadratic fields Q(ñp) and Q(ñ2p) for p a prime congruent to 5 modulo 8, Acta Arith. 40 (1982), 375-397. (with P. Kaplan)
ALNT Class numbers and biquadratic reciprocity, Canad. J. Math. 34 (1982), 969-988. (with J. D. Currie)
ALNT, ANNT Congruences modulo 8 for the class numbers of Q(√±p), p ≡ 3 (mod 4) a prime, J. Number Theory 15 (1982), 182-198.
ALNT A new formulation of the law of octic reciprocity for primes ≡ ±3 (mod 8) and its consequences, Internat. J. Math. Math. Sci. 5 (1982), 565-584. (with R. H. Hudson)
ALNT Cauchy-type congruences for binomial coefficients, Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 85 (1982), 169-174. (with R. H. Hudson)
ALNT, ANNT On the class numbers of Q(√±2p) modulo 16, for p ≡ 1 (mod 8) a prime, Acta Arith. 40 (1982), 289-296. (with P. Kaplan)
ALNT On the divisibility of the class numbers of Q(√-p) and Q(√-2p) by 16, Canad. Math. Bull. 25 (1982), 200-206. (with P. A. Leonard)
ALNT Resolution of ambiguities in the evaluation of cubic and quartic Jacobsthal sums, Pacific J. Math. 99 (1982), 379-386. (with R. H. Hudson)
ALNT An Artin character and representations of primes by binary quadratic forms. II, Manuscripta Math. 37 (1982), 357-381. (with F. Halter-Koch and P. Kaplan)
ENT A divisibility property of binomial coefficients viewed as an elementary sieve, Internat. J. Math. Math. Sci. 4 (1981), 731-743. (with R. H. Hudson)
ALNT A new criterion for 7 to be a fourth power (mod p), Israel J. Math. 38 (1981), 221-230. (with R. H. Hudson)
ALNT A representation problem involving binary quadratic forms, Arch. Math. (Basel) 36 (1981), 53-56. (with P. A. Leonard)
ALNT An Artin character and representation of primes by binary quadratic forms, Manuscripta Math. 33 (1981), 339-356. (with P. Kaplan)
ALNT Note on the quadratic character of a quadratic unit, Pacific J. Math. 92 (1981), 35-38. (with D. A. Buell and P. A. Leonard)
ALNT, ANNT The class number of Q(√p) modulo 4, for p ≡ 5 (mod 8) a prime, Pacific J. Math. 92 (1981), 241-248.
ANNT The class number of Q(√-2p) modulo 8, for p ≡ 5 (mod 8) a prime, Rocky Mountain J. Math. 11 (1981), 19-26.
ALNT, ANNT On the class number of Q(√-p) modulo 16, for p ≡ 1 (mod 8) a prime, Acta Arith. 39 (1981), 381-398.
ALNT Some new residuacity criteria, Pacific J. Math. 91 (1980), 135-143. (with R. H. Hudson)
ALNT The quartic character of certain quadratic units, J. Number Theory 12 (1980), 106-109. (with P. A. Leonard)
ALNT On the evaluation of (εq1q2/p), Rocky Mountain J. Math. 10 (1980), 559-573.
ENT On the least quadratic non-residue of a prime p ≡ 3 (mod 4), J. Reine Angew. Math. 318 (1980), 106-109. (with R. H. Hudson)