Re: Inverse of a Number
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg2570] Re: Inverse of a Number
- From: wagner at bullwinkle.cs.Colorado.EDU (Dave Wagner)
- Date: Tue, 21 Nov 1995 09:25:10 -0500
- Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
In article <DI9Ay8.Gz at wri.com>, Enrico C. Walker <ewalke1 at gl.umbc.edu> wrote: >First of all, I thank you all those who responded to my earlier question. >My second question is How to find the inverse of a number in some Modulo >system. (Local) In[1]:= ?PowerMod PowerMod[a, b, n] gives Mod[a^b, n]. For negative b, PowerMod[a, b, n] gives modular inverses. (Local) In[3]:= PowerMod[9, -1, 26] (Local) Out[3]= 3 Dave Wagner Principia Consulting (303) 786-8371 dbwagner at princon.com http://www.princon.com/princon