Questions tagged [quadratic-residues]

The tag has no usage guidance.

25 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
Filter by
Sorted by
Tagged with
16 votes
0 answers
387 views

Quadratic non-residues in elliptic divisibility sequences

Let $E: y^2 = x^3 + ax + b$ be an elliptic curve over $\mathbb{Q}$ with $a,b \in \mathbb{Z}$. Recall that any rational point $P = (x,y)$ can be written uniquely as $P = (u/d^2, v/d^3)$ with $u,v,d \in ...
Daniel Loughran's user avatar
13 votes
0 answers
345 views

A determinant problem for primes $p\equiv 1\pmod4$

Let $p$ be an odd prime, and let $A_p$ denote the matrix $$[a_{ij}]_{1\le i,j\le (p-1)/2},$$ where $$a_{1j}=\left(\frac jp\right),\ \ \text{and}\ \ a_{ij}=\left(\frac{i^2+j^2}p\right)\ \text{for}\ i&...
Zhi-Wei Sun's user avatar
  • 14.4k
11 votes
0 answers
418 views

effective and unconditional upper bound for the smallest quadratic residue

Let $p$ be a prime number, and let $r=r(p)$ be the smallest prime number with $(r/p)=1$. The classical result of Linnik-Vinogradov (based on Burgess) implies that $r\ll_\epsilon p^{1/4+\epsilon}$, but ...
Yuri Bilu's user avatar
  • 1,130
7 votes
0 answers
304 views

Expressing quartic Dirichlet characters modulo primes $p\equiv 1\bmod 4$ with Legendre symbols

Looking through some old notes of mine from two years ago I found some crude notes writing what amounted to the statement that for any prime $p\equiv 1\bmod 4$ one could express for any odd integer $p\...
Ethan Splaver's user avatar
7 votes
0 answers
313 views

Chowla's Construction of prime having least quadratic non-residue $\gg \log p$

This paper by NC Ankeny mentions that " S. Chowla has proved that there exist infinitely many primes $k$ where the first $c_1\log k$ residues $(\bmod k)$ are all quadratic residues". I recently ...
xyz's user avatar
  • 306
6 votes
0 answers
202 views

Primes $p\in(n,2n)$ with $(\frac{-n}p)=-1$

Bertrand's postulate proved by Chebyshev states that for any $x>1$ there is a prime $p$ in the interval $(x,2x)$. In 2012 I considered some refinements of this by imposing additional requirement ...
Zhi-Wei Sun's user avatar
  • 14.4k
5 votes
0 answers
500 views

Two conjectures for primes $p\equiv 1\pmod 8$

Motivated by my paper Quadratic residues and quartic residues modulo primes [Int. J. Number Theory 16 (2020), 1833-1858], here I pose two new conjectures for primes $p\equiv1\pmod8$ based on my ...
Zhi-Wei Sun's user avatar
  • 14.4k
5 votes
0 answers
190 views

On the determinants $\det\left[(i\pm j)\left(\frac{i\pm j}p\right)\right]_{1\le i,j\le(p-1)/2}$

Let $p$ be an odd prime and define $$D_p^+:=\det\left[(i+j)\left(\frac{i+j}p\right)\right]_{1\le i,j\le(p-1)/2}$$ and $$D_p^{-}:=\det\left[(i-j)\left(\frac{i-j}p\right)\right]_{1\le i,j\le(p-1)/2},$$ ...
Zhi-Wei Sun's user avatar
  • 14.4k
4 votes
0 answers
163 views

Primitive roots modulo primes related to Fibonacci numbers or Lucas numbers

The Fibonacci numbers $F_0,F_1,F_2,\ldots$ and the Lucas numbers $L_0,L_1,L_2,\ldots$ are given by $$F_0=0,\ F_1=1,\ \text{and}\ F_{n+1}=F_n+F_{n-1}\ (n=1,2,3,\ldots)$$ and $$L_0=2,\ L_1=1,\ \text{...
Zhi-Wei Sun's user avatar
  • 14.4k
4 votes
0 answers
232 views

On the values of $\prod_{k=1}^{(p-1)/2}(e^{2\pi i/12}-e^{2\pi i k^2/p})$ for primes $p>3$

In a recent preprint, I investigated $$S_p(x):=\prod_{k=1}^{(p-1)/2}(x-e^{2\pi ik^2/p}),$$ where $p$ is an odd prime and $x$ is a root of unity. Motivated by Question 337879 and Question 338325, ...
Zhi-Wei Sun's user avatar
  • 14.4k
4 votes
0 answers
391 views

Congruence for the product of quadratic residues + the product of quadratic non-residues

My question has been here on MSE for a long time, but it has not received a full answer. I bring it here: Find a prime $p$ such that $p \equiv 1 \bmod 4$ and such that the product in the range $[...
René Gy's user avatar
  • 485
4 votes
0 answers
323 views

Shortest interval over which there are more quadratic residues than nonresidues

Hi, I refer to formula (8) in Chapter 1 of H. Davenport, Multiplicative Number Theory, Third Edition, Springer (2000), which says that for primes $q\equiv 3 \bmod 4$: $$ L\left(\left(\frac{\cdot}{q}\...
Timothy Foo's user avatar
  • 1,075
3 votes
0 answers
119 views

Does $(p-1)^2$ divide $\det[(\frac{i^2+cij+dj^2}p)]_{0\le i,j\le p-1}$ when $(\frac dp)=-1$?

Let $p$ be an odd prime. As in my paper, for $c,d\in\mathbb Z$ let us define $$[c,d]_p:=\det\left[\left(\frac{i^2+cij+dj^2}p\right)\right]_{0\le i,j\le p-1},$$ where $(\frac{\cdot}p)$ is the Legendre ...
Zhi-Wei Sun's user avatar
  • 14.4k
2 votes
0 answers
125 views

Distribution of square roots (mod m) on small intervals (with respect to m)

Fix a large positive integer $m$. Let $A$ be small positive number typically $\sim m^{1/3}$. Suppose $S(A, m)$ be set of solutions (normalized by dividing by $m$) to the quadratic congruences $x^2 = a ...
Melanka's user avatar
  • 577
2 votes
0 answers
119 views

On the set $\{n>0:\ n\ \text{is a quadratic nonresidue modulo the}\ n\text{th prime}\}$

Let $S$ denote the set of positive integers $n$ with $n$ a quadratic nonresidue modulo the $n$th prime $p_n$. The first 20 elements of $S$ are $$2,\, 3,\, 6,\, 7,\, 8,\, 10,\, 11,\, 13,\, 15,\, 18,\, ...
Zhi-Wei Sun's user avatar
  • 14.4k
2 votes
0 answers
182 views

Evaluate a curious determinant with Legendre symbol entries

Let $p$ be an odd prime and let $(\frac{\cdot}p)$ be the Legendre symbol. R. Chapman's conjecture on the exact value of the determinant of $$C_p:=\left[\left(\frac{i-j}p\right)\right]_{0\le i,j\le (p-...
Zhi-Wei Sun's user avatar
  • 14.4k
1 vote
0 answers
84 views

Functions that take quadratic residues to non quadratic residues

Let $p$ be prime and $Q$ be the set of integers $x$ mod $p$ so that $x^2-1$ is a quadratic residue. Let $Q^c$ be the complement of $Q$. If we don't consider $x = 1$ then these two sets have the same ...
mtheorylord's user avatar
1 vote
0 answers
83 views

How to describe the automorphisms of $\mathbb{Q}(\theta)$ that fix $\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{-m})$

Suppose $m > 0$ is a square free integer and $m \equiv 1 $mod $4$. Then the $K = \mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{-m})$ is a subfield of $L = \mathbb{Q}(\theta)$, where $\theta$ is a primitive $4m$-th root of ...
matt stokes's user avatar
1 vote
0 answers
87 views

Evaluate $\det[[\lfloor\frac{aj-(a+1)k}n\rfloor]_q]_{1\le j,k\le n}$ and $\det[[\lceil\frac{(a+1)j-ak}n\rceil]_q]_{1\le j,k\le n}$

The $q$-analogue of an integer $m$ is defined by $[m]_q=(1-q^m)/(1-q)$. Note that $\lim_{q\to1}[m]_q=m$. I have formulated the following conjecture on determinants involving the floor function and the ...
Zhi-Wei Sun's user avatar
  • 14.4k
1 vote
0 answers
445 views

Legendre Symbol of a Very, Very Large Value

I'm trying to use FLINT (Fast Library for Number Theory) to calculate the Legendre Symbol of the following: $$\left(\frac{n! + 1}{p}\right)$$ In my case, $p$ is a positive, odd prime (specifically $...
Jacob G.'s user avatar
  • 119
1 vote
0 answers
146 views

On $\det\left[\frac1{i^2-ij+j^2}\right]_{1\le i,j\le p-1}$ and $\det\left[\frac1{i^2-ij+j^2}\right]_{1\le i,j\le (p-1)/2}$

QUESTION. Is my following conjecture true? If true, how to prove it? Conjecture. Let $p$ be a prime with $p\equiv5\pmod 6$, and define the matrices $A_p$ and $B_p$ by $$A_p:=\left[\frac1{i^2-ij+j^2}\...
Zhi-Wei Sun's user avatar
  • 14.4k
1 vote
0 answers
117 views

A series of conjectures on $\sum_{x=0}^{(p-1)/2}(\frac{x^5+cx^3+dx}p)$ (II)

As in Question 319254, for an odd prime $p$ and integers $c,d$ we let $$S_p(c,d):=\sum_{x=0}^{(p-1)/2}\left(\frac{x^5+cx^3+dx}p\right).$$ If $p\equiv1\pmod4$, then we obviously have \begin{align}&\...
Zhi-Wei Sun's user avatar
  • 14.4k
1 vote
0 answers
169 views

A series of conjectures on $\sum_{x=0}^{(p-1)/2}(\frac{x^5+cx^3+dx}p)$ (I)

Let $p$ be an odd prime. Here I introduce the sum $$S_p(c,d):=\sum_{x=0}^{(p-1)/2}\left(\frac{x^5+cx^3+dx}p\right)$$ with $c,d\in\mathbb Z$, where $(\frac{\cdot}p)$ is the Legendre symbol. I have a ...
Zhi-Wei Sun's user avatar
  • 14.4k
1 vote
0 answers
210 views

Does each prime $p>3$ have a quadratic nonresidue which is a Mersenne number?

Recall that the Mersenne numbers are those integers $M_p=2^p-1$ with $p$ prime. QUESTION: Is it true that for each prime $p>3$ there is a Mersenne number which is a quadratic nonresidue modulo $p$?...
Zhi-Wei Sun's user avatar
  • 14.4k
0 votes
0 answers
113 views

Quadratic residue problem involving prime divisors of a polynomial

Let $n$ be a square-free natural number, and let $f\in\mathbb{Z}[x]$ be monic and irreducible of degree $\geq2$. I am trying to determine whether there always exists a prime $p$, $p\nmid n$, ...
Jack's user avatar
  • 1