A178152 The number of quadratic residues (mod p) greater than p/2, where p=prime(n).

0, 1, 1, 1, 3, 4, 3, 4, 7, 6, 9, 10, 9, 9, 13, 10, 15, 15, 14, 18, 17, 16, 22, 24, 25, 23, 22, 27, 28, 29, 25, 34, 30, 37, 34, 39, 39, 36, 43, 37, 45, 41, 48, 49, 45, 48, 52, 49, 57, 58, 52, 60, 52, 64, 59, 67, 62, 69, 70, 66, 73, 72, 68, 78, 79, 78, 84, 79, 87, 88, 80, 87, 93, 90

Offset: 2

Author

T. D. Noe, May 21 2010

Keywords

• nonn

Comments

Sequence A063987 lists the quadratic residues (mod p) for each prime p. When p=1 (mod 4), there are an equal number of quadratic residues less than p/2 and greater than p/2. When p=3 (mod 4), there are always more quadratic residues less than p/2 than greater than p/2.

Examples

			The quadratic residues of 19, the 8th prime, are 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 16, 17. Three of these are greater than 19/2. Hence a(8)=3.
		

Links

• MathOverflow, Most squares in the first half-interval

Crossrefs

Cf. A178151, A178153, A178154

Programs

Mathematica

Table[p=Prime[n]; Length[Select[Range[(p+1)/2,p-1], JacobiSymbol[ #,p]==1&]], {n,2,100}]