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Legendre symbols related to $D_p(b,1)$

Number Theory 2024-06-03 v2

Abstract

Let pp be an odd prime. For any b,cZb,c\in\mathbb{Z}, Z.-W. Sun introduced the new-type determinant Dp(b,c)=(i2+bij+cj2)p21i,jp1,D_p(b,c)=|(i^2+bij+cj^2)^{p-2}|_{1\leqslant i,j\leqslant p-1}, and studied its arithmetic properties. In this paper we mainly prove that (Dp(b,1)p)=(2bp)\left(\frac{D_p(b,1)}{p}\right)=\left(\frac{2b}{p}\right) when (b24p)=1(\frac{b^2-4}{p})=-1 and p1(mod4)p\equiv1\pmod 4. As an application of our result, we confirm several conjectures of Sun.

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@article{arxiv.2405.19728,
  title  = {Legendre symbols related to $D_p(b,1)$},
  author = {Xin-Qi Luo and Wei Xia},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2405.19728},
  year   = {2024}
}

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