Kummer type congruences and Stickelberger subideals

Takashi Agoh; Ladislav Skula

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Kummer type congruences and Stickelberger subideals

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Department of Mathematics, Science University of Tokyo, Noda, Chiba 278, Japan
Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, 662 95 Brno, Czech Republic

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Kummer type congruences and Stickelberger subideals

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