A1.9
(i) State the law of quadratic reciprocity. For an odd prime, evaluate the Legendre symbol
(ii) (a) Let and be distinct odd primes. Show that there exists an integer that is a quadratic residue modulo each of and a quadratic non-residue modulo each of .
(b) Let be an odd prime. Show that
(c) Let be an odd prime. Using (b) or otherwise, evaluate
Hint for : Use the equality , valid when does not divide
Typos? Please submit corrections to this page on GitHub.