Reduced system of residues
From Encyclopedia of Mathematics
reduced residue system, modulo
A set of numbers from a complete system of residues modulo that are mutually prime with
. A reduced residue system modulo
consists of
numbers, where
is Euler's
-function (cf. Euler function). One usually takes the numbers mutually prime with
in the complete residue system
as reduced residue system.
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Reduced system of residues. Encyclopedia of Mathematics. URL: http://encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=Reduced_system_of_residues&oldid=31522
Reduced system of residues. Encyclopedia of Mathematics. URL: http://encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=Reduced_system_of_residues&oldid=31522
This article was adapted from an original article by S.A. Stepanov (originator), which appeared in Encyclopedia of Mathematics - ISBN 1402006098. See original article