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Hardly the 'mystery of number theory' the poster was talking about. There was no 'mod 8' syntax expressed in the example.
by 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 agoYes, 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 agoIt 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.