[Tex/LaTex] Legendre symbol in theory of numbers

fractionsmath-modesymbols

How can I get a Legendre symbol

example,

which just used the dashed line instead of the fractional rule?

Best Answer

\documentclass[a4paper]{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\makeatletter
\def\legendre@dash#1#2{\hb@xt@#1{%
  \kern-#2\p@
  \cleaders\hbox{\kern.5\p@
    \vrule\@height.2\p@\@depth.2\p@\@width\p@
    \kern.5\p@}\hfil
  \kern-#2\p@
  }}
\def\@legendre#1#2#3#4#5{\mathopen{}\left(
  \sbox\z@{$\genfrac{}{}{0pt}{#1}{#3#4}{#3#5}$}%
  \dimen@=\wd\z@
  \kern-\p@\vcenter{\box0}\kern-\dimen@\vcenter{\legendre@dash\dimen@{#2}}\kern-\p@
  \right)\mathclose{}}
\newcommand\legendre[2]{\mathchoice
  {\@legendre{0}{1}{}{#1}{#2}}
  {\@legendre{1}{.5}{\vphantom{1}}{#1}{#2}}
  {\@legendre{2}{0}{\vphantom{1}}{#1}{#2}}
  {\@legendre{3}{0}{\vphantom{1}}{#1}{#2}}
}
\def\dlegendre{\@legendre{0}{1}{}}
\def\tlegendre{\@legendre{1}{0.5}{\vphantom{1}}}
\makeatother

\begin{document}
$\genfrac(){}{0}{a}{b}$

$\dlegendre{a}{b}\dlegendre{10}{20}$

$\genfrac(){}{}{a}{b}\legendre{a}{b}\legendre{100}{200}$

$\scriptstyle\genfrac(){}{}{a}{b}\legendre{a}{b}\legendre{10}{20}$

$\scriptscriptstyle\genfrac(){}{}{a}{b}\legendre{a}{b}\legendre{10}{20}$

$\displaystyle\legendre{a}{b}\textstyle\legendre{a}{b}
  \scriptstyle\legendre{a}{b}\scriptscriptstyle\legendre{a}{b}$
\end{document}

The user command are \legendre that typesets the symbol in the current math style or \dlegendre and \tlegendre to force display or text style.

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The \genfrac parts are only for comparisons.

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