quadraticCharacterPrime: Quadratic Character Modulo a Prime Computes the quadratic...

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quadraticCharacterPrimeR Documentation

Quadratic Character Modulo a Prime Computes the quadratic character of an integer modulo a prime. It returns 0 for zero, 1 for a quadratic residue, and -1 otherwise.

Description

Quadratic Character Modulo a Prime Computes the quadratic character of an integer modulo a prime. It returns 0 for zero, 1 for a quadratic residue, and -1 otherwise.

Usage

quadraticCharacterPrime(x, q, QR)

Arguments

x

An integer.

q

A prime number.

QR

A vector containing the nonzero quadratic residues modulo q.

Value

The quadratic character: 0, 1, or -1.


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