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Oct 22, 2009 at 12:14 vote accept user966
Oct 22, 2009 at 10:52 answer added David E Speyer timeline score: 3
Oct 22, 2009 at 10:44 comment added David E Speyer This could be homework for a second course in number theory, but it also could be a lemma needed by someone in a field far from number theory. I would leave this open.
Oct 22, 2009 at 8:01 comment added Ilya Nikokoshev Perhaps the title should say something about the field Q(w)... how about "Is root of unity w a square in Q(w)?"
Oct 22, 2009 at 6:45 answer added S. Carnahan timeline score: 1
Oct 22, 2009 at 6:36 history asked user966 CC BY-SA 2.5