Hi all, Continuing on this line, I added a function jacobi_symbol which is a generalization of legendre_symbol [0]. The corresponding pull request is #608.
[0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacobi_symbol On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 3:36 AM, Hector <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 3:19 AM, Hector <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 2:40 AM, Chris Smith <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> instead of `a%p` write `a % p`. Also, since this will have to be >>> computed again later you might as well do both at the same time: >>> >>> a, r = divmod(a, p) >> >> if not r: >>> return 0 >>> if is_quad_residue(a, p): >>> return 1 >>> else: >>> return -1 >>> >> >> for a, p = 5, 11; divmod(a, p) returns (0, 5) and we will be losing the >> value of a if a < p and hence with little modification - >> > > A little more modification - > > _, a = divmod(a, p) > if not a : > > return 0 > if is_quad_residue(a, p): > return 1 > else: > return -1 > > >> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "sympy" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/sympy?hl=en. >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> -Regards >> Hector >> >> Whenever you think you can or you can't, in either way you are right. >> >> > > > -- > -Regards > Hector > > Whenever you think you can or you can't, in either way you are right. > > -- -Regards Hector Whenever you think you can or you can't, in either way you are right. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sympy" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sympy?hl=en.
