S000752


Primes p for which sum_{1..(p-1)/2} Legendre(i/p) reaches a new maximum.

3, 11, 47, 59, 131, 251, 419, 659, 971, 1091, 1811, 2939, 3251, 4091, 4259, 5099, 6299, 6971, 8291, 8819, 9539, 11171, 12011, 13859, 16931, 17939, 19211, 19379, 22571, 26171, 27011, 28019, 31379, 37691, 38639, 39779, 41051, 44651, 48179, 49139, 53819, 58211

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S000752

Here Legendre(i/p) is the Legendre symbol.

T. D. Noe, Plot of 100 terms

T. D. Noe, Table of 100 terms

Eric W. Weisstein, MathWorld: Legendre Symbol

(Mma) t = {}; mx = 0; n = 0; While[Length[t] < 50, n++; p = Prime[n]; If[! MemberQ[{1, 5}, Mod[p, 8]], s = Plus @@ JacobiSymbol[Range[(p - 1)/2], p]; If[s > mx, mx = s; AppendTo[t, {p, s}]]]]; Transpose[t][[1]]

Cf. S000753-S000755.

nonn,hard

T. D. Noe, Nov 20 2015

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