The following historical remarks are quoted here because
of the above Quanta Magazine article from yesterday.
From Richard Taylor, “Modular arithmetic: driven by
inherent beauty and human curiosity,” The Letter of the
Institute for Advanced Study [IAS], Summer 2012,
pp. 6– 8 (link added) :
“Stunningly, in 1954, Martin Eichler (former IAS Member)
found a totally new reciprocity law . . . .” See as well —
