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quadratic residues

quadratic residues is the plural of quadratic residue.

Meaning of quadratic residue

Noun

quadratic residue (plural quadratic residues)

  1. (modular arithmetic) For a given positive integer n, any integer that is congruent to some square m² modulo n.
    • There are many small tables of quadratic residues giving for the first few primes p the positive quadratic residues of p arranged in order of their size.1941, Derrick Henry Lehmer, Guide to Tables in the Theory of Numbers, National Research Council, page 52

Questions about quadratic residues

What is quadratic residues the plural of?
Quadratic residues is the plural of quadratic residue.

Words near quadratic residues in the dictionary

  1. quadratic integers
  2. quadratic mean
  3. quadratic means
  4. quadratic reciprocity
  5. quadratic residue
  6. quadratic residues
  7. quadratic surd
  8. quadratic surds
  9. quadratic time
  10. quadratic times
  11. quadratical

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