From: David A Molnar <dmolnar@fas.harvard.edu>
Subject: Re: QR with Stokes theorem?
Date: 20 Mar 2000 17:18:46 GMT
Newsgroups: sci.math
Summary: [missing]

Richard Cudney <cudney@fas.harvard.edu> wrote:
> I believe I once saw a reference in this newsgroup to a proof of
> quadratic reciprocity using stokes theorem. If anyone has a reference to
> this, or to anything remotely like this, I would be very appreciative.

I do not know of such a proof, but you might try looking at this list
of 192 proofs of quadratic reciprocity :

www.rzuser.uni-heidelberg.de/~hb3/frchrono.html

Stokes' theorem is not explicitly mentioned in the list of methods, but
it may be hidden under something like "geometry." 

Thanks,
-David Molnar