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Quadratic reciprocity

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Let and be distinct odd primes. For an integer and an odd prime , the Legendre symbol is if is a non-zero square modulo , if it is not a square, and if divides .

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Gauss called it the golden theorem and gave several proofs. A great many have followed, and they come from counting, from geometry, from algebra and from analysis.

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