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Number theory Difficulty 6.4 National olympiad Prove it

Example 1
(1) Prove: If aa is a quadratic residue modulo pp, then a12,a22,,a(p12)2a \cdot 1^{2}, a \cdot 2^{2}, \cdots, a \cdot\left(\frac{p-1}{2}\right)^{2} are exactly all the quadratic residues modulo pp;
(2) Prove: If bb is a quadratic non-residue modulo pp, then b12,b22,,b(p12)2b \cdot 1^{2}, b \cdot 2^{2}, \cdots, b \cdot\left(\frac{p-1}{2}\right)^{2} are exactly all the quadratic non-residues modulo pp.

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