Paper 3, Section II, 11H
Let be an odd prime.
(i) Define the Legendre symbol , and show that when , then .
(ii) State and prove Gauss's lemma, and use it to evaluate . [You may assume Euler's criterion.]
(iii) Prove that
and deduce that
Hence or otherwise determine the number of pairs of consecutive integers such that and both and are quadratic residues .
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