Proposition Infinity (generally referred to as "Proposition 8"), which banned same-sex marriage in California in November 2008. The title of the episode is derived from Proposition 8, turning the 8 sideways to create the symbol for infinity (∞), hence "Proposition ∞". Though the episode satirizes arguments for same-sex marriage, it leans favorably toward the idea of allowing same-sex marriage. The theme of the episode revisits the social taboo of robosexual relationships presented in earlier episodes "Space Pilot 3000" and "I Dated a Robot". Openly gay actor George Takei of "Star Trek" fame, who married his partner in California during the debate over
Legendre symbol alternative expressions for the Legendre symbol were devised in order to produce various proofs of the quadratic reciprocity law. The above properties, including the law of quadratic reciprocity, can be used to evaluate any Legendre symbol. For example: Or using a more efficient computation: The article Jacobi symbol has more examples of Legendre symbol manipulation. Legendre symbol In number theory, the Legendre symbol is a multiplicative function with values 1, −1, 0 that is a quadratic character modulo an odd prime number "p": its value on a (nonzero) quadratic residue mod "p" is 1 and on a non-quadratic residue ("non-residue")