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We prove some results concerning the distribution of quadratic residues and nonresidues in arithmetic progressions in the setting \( {{\mathbb{F}}_p}={{\mathbb{Z}} \left/ {{p\mathbb{Z}}} \right.} \), where p is a large prime.
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Dedicated to Antanas Laurinčikas on the occasion of his 65th birthday
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Justus, B. The distribution of quadratic residues and nonresidues in arithmetic progressions. Lith Math J 54, 142–149 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10986-014-9233-0
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