What can we tell about quadratic residues modulo $an+b$ ($n=1,2,\dots$)?

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I only know a little about quadratic residues, and I have a question that: What can we say about quadratic residues modulo $an+b$, for example, $30n+1$? $(n=1,2,\dots)$

Of course, $0,1,4,9,16,25$ are quadratic resiudes modulo $30n+1$ for all $n$. However, $2$ is a quadratic residue mod $31$ while it is not a quadratic residue modulo $61$. Are there any relations between quadratic residues modulo $30n+1$? (For example, a statement such as $cn+d$ is a quadratic residue modulo $30n+1$.)

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Comment: we can find a family of x such that :

$x^2\equiv (cn+t)\bmod (3n+1)$

With some conditions. we must have:

$x^2=m(30n +1)+cn+d=n(30m+c)+m+d$

Suppose $m+d=t^2$ we have:

$(x-t)(x+t)=n(30m+c)$

Suppose:

$\begin{cases}x-t=n\\x+t=30m+c\end {cases}$

We get following conditions:

$\begin{cases} m+d=t^2\\x=\frac 12(30m +n+c)\\t=\frac 12(30m+c-n)\end{cases}$

which leads to solving a system of Diophantine equation. For example :

for$m=1, n=2, c=4$ we get:

$x=18$

$30n+1=61$

$18^2\equiv 19\bmod 61$

$cn+d=4\times 2+d=19\rightarrow d=11$

$m+d=1+11=12$

Or another example:

which does not meet the condition $m+d=t^2$

But for $m=4$, $n=2$ and $c=6$ we get:

$x=64$

$64^2\equiv 9\bmod 61$

$9=2\times 6-3\Rightarrow d=-3$

$\Rightarrow m+d =4-3=1=1^2$

So residue is $cn+d=6n-3$

That is for particular magnitudes of n there exist numbers like x such that the quadratic residue is of the form $cn+d$.

To find n, m and c may be a good computer program can give us many residues in form of $cn+d$.