Chinese Remainder Theorem : Proof and Problems
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B5.
(a) (1) State and prove the Chinese Remainder Theorem.
(ii) Find the 2 smallest positive integer solutions of the simultaneous set of congruence equations:
2x=3 (mod 5)
3x=4 (mod 7)
x=5 (mod8)
(b) Let p be a prime and a a positive integer. How many solutions are there to the equation x2 ? x O(mod pr')?
(c) Let n and in be coprirne integers. Show ? x 0 (mod nrn) if and only if x2 ? x 0 (mod n) and ? x 0 (mod m).
(d) How many solutions are there to the equation x2 ? x 0 (mod N)
where N has collected prime factorization N = .
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QB5:
a. Proof:
1. Chinese Remainder Theorem: Suppose are positive integers relatively prime to each other, then for any integers with , must have a unique solution. This solution is
where and ,
Proof: Since are relatively ...
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