In practice, it suffices to restrict the range to because of the symmetry in :
So for example, in :
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In practice, it suffices to restrict the range to 0<x≤⌊2n⌋ because of the symmetry in (x−n)2≡x2(modn):
1↦9(mod10) 2↦8(mod10) 3↦7(mod10) 4↦6(mod10) 5↦5(mod10)So for example, x:=3 in (mod10):
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