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Re: polynomial congruence

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  • Subject: [mg26145] Re: [mg26138] polynomial congruence
  • From: Andrzej Kozlowski <andrzej at tuins.ac.jp>
  • Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 01:03:53 -0500 (EST)
  • Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

As long as p is not very large it is easy to do.  For example, suppopse you
want to solve all the congruences

In[1]:=
f[x_, y_] := x^2 + y^2 - 25

In[2]:=
Table[Solve[{f[x, y] == 0, Modulus == 11}[[1]], x], {y, 0, 10}]

Out[3]=
{{{x -> -5}, {x -> 5}}, {{x -> -2 Sqrt[6]},
 
   {x -> 2 Sqrt[6]}}, {{x -> -Sqrt[21]}, {x -> Sqrt[21]}},
 
  {{x -> -4}, {x -> 4}}, {{x -> -3}, {x -> 3}},
 
  {{x -> 0}, {x -> 0}}, {{x -> -I Sqrt[11]},
 
   {x -> I Sqrt[11]}}, {{x -> -2 I Sqrt[6]},
 
   {x -> 2 I Sqrt[6]}}, {{x -> -I Sqrt[39]},
 
   {x -> I Sqrt[39]}}, {{x -> -2 I Sqrt[14]},
 
   {x -> 2 I Sqrt[14]}},
 
  {{x -> -5 I Sqrt[3]}, {x -> 5 I Sqrt[3]}}}

Note that these answers really lie in the algebraic closure of the finite
filed Z/11. 



on 11/28/00 3:56 PM, Constantinos Draziotis at roth at math.auth.gr wrote:

> 
> Hello,i am a new user of mathematica,i will appreciate very much if you
> can help me with this(it seems simple) problem:i want to solve a
> polynomial congruence modulo prime number i.e f(x,y)=0modulo(p)(prime
> number) with y=0,1,2,3...,n (n:integer).i have to find the classes
> xmodulo(p)
> 
> thanks for your time
> 
> Costas
> 



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