Paper 4, Section II, I

Number Theory | Part II, 2011

(i) Prove the law of reciprocity for the Jacobi symbol. You may assume the law of reciprocity for the Legendre symbol.

(ii) Let nn be an odd positive integer which is not a square. Prove that there exists an odd prime pp with (np)=1\left(\frac{n}{p}\right)=-1.

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