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Euler's Quadratic Residue Theorem


A number D that possesses no common divisor with a prime number p is either a quadratic residue or nonresidue of p, depending whether D^((p-1)/2) is congruent mod p to +/-1.


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Weisstein, Eric W. "Euler's Quadratic Residue Theorem." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/EulersQuadraticResidueTheorem.html

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