[seqfan] Re: Dead b-files for A127816 and others

[David Wilson]

I generally use:

a mod b = k       k is remainder of a divided by b

a == k (mod b)    k is congruent to a mod b.

So in the A078457 case, I would use

3^k mod k = n

Max Alekseyev wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 12:39 AM, Joerg Arndt<arndt at jjj.de> wrote:
>> In A078457 and similar seqs, shouldn't we shorten
>>  "... such that the remainder when 3^k is divided by k is n."
>> by
>>  "... such that 3^k mod k == n."
>>
>> Makes it way better readable IMHO.
> 
> These definitions are slightly different. The former implies that k>n,
> while the latter does not.
> 
> Regards,
> Max
> 
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