Talk:Quadratic residuosity problem
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Residuacity is definitely correct. It is mathematical terminology, and more than a century old. Charles Matthews 11:00, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
- The phrase "quadratic residuacity" returns 81 hits on Google, whereas "quadratic residuosity" returns 16,500 hits. The overwhelmingly commonly used term is "residuosity", not "residuacity". Also, every textbook I've seen uses the "residuosity" spelling. —Lowellian (reply) 04:34, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
Doesn't make it good English, it means people copy each other. Residual is correct while *residuous doesn't even exist. So residuosity is mal-formed (viscous → viscosity, yes, but here the adjective isn't there). Charles Matthews 09:46, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
