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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 ...
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Dominating sets in subtournaments of the Paley tournament

For a tournament $T$, let $\mathrm{dom}(T)$ be the order of a smallest dominating set in $T$. Let $q$ be a prime power congruent to 3 mod 4 and let $T_q$ be the Paley tournament on $q$ vertices. Is ...
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Permutations of squares and finite fields

Let $S_n$ be the symmetric group of all permutations of $\{1,\ldots,n\}$, and let $$S(n)=\bigg\{\sum_{k=1}^nk^2\pi(k)^2:\ \pi\in S_n\}.$$ Motivated by Question 316142 of mine, here I ask the following ...
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