English Explanatory Dictionary

Legendre symbol

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A mathematical function of an integer and a prime number, written (a/p), which indicates whether a is a quadratic residue modulo p.

Word forms

Legendre symbol Legendre symbols

Etymology

Named after French mathematician Adrien-Marie Legendre (1752–1833), who introduced the symbol in 1798 in his work Essai sur la Théorie des Nombres ("Essay on the Theory of Numbers").

Related words

Euler's criterion Jacobi symbol quadratic reciprocity
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