RosettaCodeData/Task/Jacobi-symbol/Python/jacobi-symbol.py

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Python

def jacobi(a, n):
if n <= 0:
raise ValueError("'n' must be a positive integer.")
if n % 2 == 0:
raise ValueError("'n' must be odd.")
a %= n
result = 1
while a != 0:
while a % 2 == 0:
a /= 2
n_mod_8 = n % 8
if n_mod_8 in (3, 5):
result = -result
a, n = n, a
if a % 4 == 3 and n % 4 == 3:
result = -result
a %= n
if n == 1:
return result
else:
return 0