Chapter 1: 4E (page 48)
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(Hint: To show an upper bound, compare with . To show a lower bound, compare it with ).
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The statement is proved.
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Chapter 1: 4E (page 48)
Show that
(Hint: To show an upper bound, compare with . To show a lower bound, compare it with ).
The statement is proved.
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Prove or disprove: If a has an inverse modulo b, then b has an inverse modulo a.
Justify the correctness of the recursive division algorithm given in page , and show that it takes time bit inputs.
Quadratic residues. Fix a positive integer N. We say that a is a quadratic residue modulo N ifthere exists a such that .
(a) Let N be an odd prime and be a non-zero quadratic residue modulo N. Show that there are exactly two values in satisfying .
(b) Show that if N is an odd prime, there are exactly quadratic residues in .
(c) Give an example of positive integers a and N such thathas more than two solutions in .
Show that if and if Divides
Suppose you want to compute the nth Fibonacci number , modulo an integer . Can you find an efficient way to do this?
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