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Kronecker SymbolAn extension of the Jacobi Symbol to all Integers. It can be computed using thenormal rules for the Jacobi Symbol
plus additional rules for ,
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and . The definition for is variously written as
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or
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(Cohn 1980). Cohn's form ``undefines'' for Singly Even Numbers and , probably because no other values are needed in applications of the symbol involving theDiscriminants of Quadratic Fields, where and always satisfies .
The Kronecker Symbol is a Real Character modulo , andis, in fact, essentially the only type of Real primitive character (Ayoub 1963). See also Character (Number Theory), Class Number, Dirichlet L-Series, Jacobi Symbol, Legendre Symbol References
Ayoub, R. G. An Introduction to the Analytic Theory of Numbers. Providence, RI: Amer. Math. Soc., 1963.Cohn, H. Advanced Number Theory. New York: Dover, p. 35, 1980.
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