TITLE: Congruence about Fibonacci numbers
QUESTION [9 upvotes]: Let 
  $$
F_{n} = \frac{1}{\sqrt{5}} \left[ \left( \frac{1+\sqrt{5}}{2}\right)^{n} - \left( \frac{1-\sqrt{5}}{2} \right)^{n} \right]
$$
  be a Fibonacci number. If $p\neq 2, 5$ is a prime, then I want to show that 
  $$
F_{p} \equiv \left( \frac{p}{5}\right) \mathrm{mod }\,p ,
$$
  where $\left( \frac{p}{5}\right)$ is understood as a Legendre symbol.

My solution is following: I just expand $F_{n}$ using the binomial theorem and get
$$
F_{p} \equiv 2^{p-1}F_{p} \equiv \binom{p}{1} + \binom{p}{3}\cdot 5 + \cdots  + 5^{(p-1)/2} \equiv 5^{(p-1)/2} \equiv \left( \frac{5}{p} \right) \equiv \left( \frac{p}{5}\right) \mathrm{mod}\,p
$$
Here I used quadratic reciprocity in the last equality. I want to know if there's any alternative proof that does not use quadratic reciprocity and show the congruence directly.

REPLY [3 votes]: I'm just unwinding the proof of quadratic reciprocity using cyclotomic fields.
Let $\zeta$ be a primitive $5$-th root of unity, which is a root of the polynomial $1+x+x^2+x^3+x^4$. The Fibonacci numbers satisfy
$$
F_n = \left(\frac{1}{5}+\frac{2}{5}\big(\zeta+\zeta^{-1}\big)\right)\bigg[\big(1+\zeta+\zeta^{4}\big)^n-\big(1+\zeta^2+\zeta^3\big)^n\bigg],
$$
which is straightforward to prove by induction. I will write $\equiv_p$ for congruence modulo $p$. Using the identity $(x+y)^p\equiv_p x^p+y^p$, we find
$$
F_p\equiv_p \left(\frac{1}{5}+\frac{2}{5}\big(\zeta+\zeta^{-1}\big)\right)\bigg[\zeta^p+\zeta^{4p}-\zeta^{2p}-\zeta^{3p}\bigg].
$$
Since $\zeta^5=1$, the value of $\zeta^{k}$ depends only on the residue of $k$ mod $5$. If $p\equiv 1$, $4$ mod $5$, then
$$
F_p\equiv_p \left(\frac{1}{5}+\frac{2}{5}\big(\zeta+\zeta^{-1}\big)\right)\bigg[\zeta+\zeta^{4}-\zeta^{2}-\zeta^{3}\bigg]= F_1= 1,
$$
while if $p\equiv 2$, $3$ mod $5$, then
$$
F_p\equiv_p \left(\frac{1}{5}+\frac{2}{5}\big(\zeta+\zeta^{-1}\big)\right)\bigg[\zeta^2+\zeta^{3}-\zeta-\zeta^{4}\bigg]= -F_1= -1.
$$