Re: MultiplicativeOrder[k,n] ?
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- Subject: [mg18404] Re: MultiplicativeOrder[k,n] ?
- From: "David Bailey" <db at salford-software.com>
- Date: Wed, 7 Jul 1999 00:11:04 -0400
- Organization: University of Salford, Salford, Manchester, UK
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Rob Peterson <piovere at flash.net> wrote in message news:7lceij$1j5 at smc.vnet.net... > I am trying to figure out what MultiplicativeOrder[k,n] is. The book > says this function gives the smallest integer m such that k^m = (3 > lines as if this is a definition) 1 mod n. I understand what Mod[k,n] > means but I dont' understand what "1 mod n" means. Could someone > please help me - I've found nothing in the math books on the subject. Here is an example which should make this clear: MultiplicativeOrder[3, 11] 5 Table[Mod[3^k, 11], {k, 1, 10}] {3, 9, 5, 4, 1, 3, 9, 5, 4, 1} Thus the multiplicative order of 3 Mod 11 is 5, which means that the first 1 in the above table occurs in position 5. a (3 lines) b mod n means Mod[a,n]==Mod[b,n] I hope this helps, David Bailey Salford Software