Math Help Forum: Lagrange symbol

  1. April 11th, 2010, 08:01 PM #1
    NikoBellic
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    Lagrange symbol

    The number 127 is a prime. Knowing that,
    1) compute the Lagrange symbol (2/127)
    2) compute (-1/127)
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  3. April 11th, 2010, 09:15 PM #2
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    Quote Originally Posted by NikoBellic View Post
    The number 127 is a prime. Knowing that,
    1) compute the Lagrange symbol (2/127)
    2) compute (-1/127)
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