On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 10:43 AM, Ken Ribet wrote:
> I'll add here is that sage, when asked to find gcd(Mod(5,6),5), will
> just echo back 5. Of course it then gives the same answer when asked
> to find gcd(Mod(11,6),5). In number theory courses, students are told
> that these quantities don't m
I'll add here is that sage, when asked to find gcd(Mod(5,6),5), will
just echo back 5. Of course it then gives the same answer when asked
to find gcd(Mod(11,6),5). In number theory courses, students are told
that these quantities don't make any sense.
Ken
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