Jacobi symbol

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.3 See also 2 External links

English

Etymology

Named after German mathematician Carl Gustav Jakob Jacobi.

Noun

Jacobi symbol (plural Jacobi symbols)

1. (number theory) Mathematical function of two integers, written <math>\left({a \over b}\right)</math>, based on whether a is a square modulo the prime factors of b.

See also

• Legendre symbol
• quadratic reciprocity

External links