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- From: dorsey@grapevine.EBay.Sun.COM (Bill Dorsey)
- Newsgroups: sci.math
- Subject: period of a modulo function
- Message-ID: <16vmkhINNc4s@grapevine.EBay.Sun.COM>
- Date: 20 Aug 92 08:54:41 GMT
- Organization: Sun Microsystems Federal, Milpitas, CA.
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- I have:
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- f(x) = a % x^n
-
- where % is the modulo function, a is a prime number >> x, and n is a small
- postive integer. For certain values of n, I observe an obvious periodicity
- of f(x). Is there an equation that describes the period of such an f(x)?
- If so, what is it, or kindly refer me to a text that would contain such
- information or the means to derive it.
-
- Thanks.
-
- - Bill Dorsey (dorsey@ebay.sun.com)
-