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We read this as “a is congruent to b modulo (or mod) n. For example 29 ? 8 mod 7

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The next definition yields another example of an equivalence relation. Definition 11.2. Let a b

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Note that the notion of lifting has come up earlier in the semester without us giving it this name: 1. When we solve a linear equation ax ? b (mod n) but gcd(a

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Let us divide (5) by d resulting in the following equation q1 x – q3= q2 · q or. (6) q1 x ? q3 (mod q2). Here 1 = (q1 q2) (Since d = (a

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Subtracting these two equations yields a ? b = n(q ? q ) so a ? b (modn) . D. 2.1.2. If a ? Z

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Congruence modulo n. Definition. Let a b

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29-Jan-2015 (b) This allows simplifications of the computation of ab (mod n) because if b ? b (mod ... Multiplying these equations together

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First let's just ensure that we understand how to solve ax ? b (mod n). work as we did in Example 2 to rewrite this equation as a x ? b (mod n ).

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x ? a mod m x ? b mod n have a common solution in Z

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