nba favor Posted October 6, 2008 Report Share Posted October 6, 2008 Can someone please define me what (mod p) is? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Referos Posted October 6, 2008 Report Share Posted October 6, 2008 (edited) I think that's modular arithmetic, where you have a limit, the modulus, where the numbers "restart", but I'm not sure. Basically, it's like a clock: if it's 21:00 and you add 5 hours, it won't be 26:00 but 2:00 because the modulus is 24. So, in this case: 26 ≡ 2 (mod 24) So the p in (mod p) is the modulus, the limit where the numbers wrap around. I think there's more to it, but I can't remember. Edited October 6, 2008 by Referos Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
babakren Posted October 9, 2008 Report Share Posted October 9, 2008 Hi there.. ohhhh youre doing the options on sets relation and groups thingi same like mehh i still dont understand the equivalent classes thingi T_T but the (mod p) is modulus p meaning that its anything with the operation divisible by that.. ah i cant explain very well sorry T_T Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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