The Quadratic Reciprocity Law: A Collection of Classical Proofs (Hardcover, 2015)

Translator's Preface.- Baumgart's Thesis.- Introduction.- First Part: 1. From Fermat to Legendre.- 2. Gauss's Proof by Mathematical Induction.- 3. Proof by Reduction.- 4. Eisenstein's Proof using Complex Analysis.- 5. Proofs using Results from Cyclotomy.- 6. Proofs based on the Theory of Quadratic Forms.- 7. The Supplementary Laws.- 8. Algorithms for Determining the Quadratic Character.- Second Part: 9. Gauss's Proof by Induction.- 10. Proofs by Reduction.- 11. Eisenstein's Proofs using Complex Analysis.- 12. Proofs using Results from Cyclotomy.- 13. Proofs based on the Theory of Quadratic Forms.- Final Comments.- Proofs of the Quadratic Reciprocity Law.- Author Index.- Subject Index.