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- noun number theory Mathematical function of an
integer and aprime , written , indicating whether a is asquare modulo p.
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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 over the Theory of Numbers").
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