The Heart of Mathematics: An Invitation to Effective Thinking
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Chapter 5.3, Problem 8MS
Human figure eight. What is the minimum number of people you need to make a human figure eight knot? Get some close friends and try it. Draw a diagram showing the human knot.
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Example: For what odd primes p is 11 a quadratic residue modulo p?
Solution:
This is really asking "when is (11 | p) =1?"
First, 11 = 3 (mod 4). To use LQR, consider two cases p = 1 or 3 (mod 4):
p=1 We have 1 = (11 | p) = (p | 11), so p is a quadratic residue modulo 11. By
brute force:
121, 224, 3² = 9, 4² = 5, 5² = 3 (mod 11)
so the quadratic residues mod 11 are 1,3,4,5,9.
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The Heart of Mathematics: An Invitation to Effective Thinking
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