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mod 8?

• Volpe 14y ago
  Hardly the 'mystery of number theory' the poster was talking about. There was no 'mod 8' syntax expressed in the example.
  • raverbashing 14y ago
    Yes, it is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modular_arithmetic http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modular_arithmetic But you don't need to write "mod 8" in a congruence class Oh, you want "the mystery of number theory" you can start with http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermat%27s_little_theorem http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermat%27s_little_theorem
    • Volpe 14y ago
      It was solved, and he (Fermat) was likely wrong, given the resulting proof. (5 + 3) % 8 = 0 is not the same as 5 + 3 = 0 I'm not looking for mystery, I'm wondering why people think it exists, and are faking its existence by being imprecise.