2x 1 7. A linear congruence in modular arithmetic is an equation of the form. Why is the solution a set of integers rather than a unique integer?
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1 Chapter 3: Theory of Modular Arithmetic 25 SECTION C Solving Linear Congruences By the end of this section you will be able to solve congruence equations determine the number of solutions find the multiplicative inverse C Solving Linear Congruences In algebra we have linear equations in one unknown x given by Solving this equation gives x 3. 2x 7 A linear congruence in modular arithmetic is an equation of the form ax b mod n The solution to this linear congruence is the set of integers x which satisfy this: ax b mod n Why is the solution a set of integers rather than a unique integer? Recall ax b mod n integer k. means that ax b is a multiple of n or ax b kn for some Can we confine ourselves to a unique solution to the linear congruence ax b mod n? If two solutions x x and x x satisfy the linear congruence 0 ax b mod n and they are congruent modulo n, that is x x 0 mod n same solution and count them as one solution. For example let us consider the linear congruence We can trial a table of integers for x: 2 x mod 5 (*), then we say these are the x x mod Table Shows the junctions of 2x mod 5
2 Chapter 3: Theory of Modular Arithmetic 26 Therefore x 3 and x 8 satisfy However they are the same solution. Why? 2 x mod 5 Because 8 3 mod 5. We count this as one solution not two. [It is the same station in modulo 5 clock.] Since we are interested in solutions modulo 5 we only need to consider integers amongst the list; x 0,, 2, 3 and 4 [least non-negative residues modulo 5] Because all the other integers will be one of these in modulo 5 which is illustrated below: x 0,, 2, 3, 4 mod 5 these junctions. Figure 7 Modulo 5 clock covers all the stations. Any other integer will stop at one of A more systematic way of solving the above linear congruence is given next. Example 0 Determine the integers x of the following linear congruence: 2 x mod 5 By definition of congruence 2x mod 5 implies that 2x is a multiple of 5: 2x 5y where y is an integer Rearranging this we have 2x 5y which is a Diophantine equation and we solved these type of equations in chapter. Making x the subject of 2x 5y gives 5y x 2 Remember x must be an integer. So what values of y can we use?
3 Chapter 3: Theory of Modular Arithmetic 27 Only the odd integers because if we choose even then we get even plus which does not give a whole number after dividing by 2. Substituting y, 3, 5,,, 3, 5, x 3, 8, 3,, 2, 7, 2, 5y into x gives 2 respectively. We count all these solutions as one or the same solution because they are all congruent to each other modulo 5: mod 5 See the above Fig. 7 and you will notice that all these numbers 3, 8, 3,, 2, 7 stop at the same junction, 3 mod 5. We normally write this as just one solution which is the least non-negative residue modulo 5: x 3 mod 5 We say the solution of 2x mod 5 is 3 mod 5 x. Example Solve the linear congruence: 2 x mod 6 The solution of this linear congruence 2x mod 6 x 0,, 2, 3, 4 and 5 must be in the list: Because we are working with modulo 6 in this case. Evaluating these we have x x mod Table 2 Junctions of 2x mod 6. [Note that the numbers 0, 2 and 4 are repeated]. By examining this table we find that there are no x values which satisfy 2 x mod 6. The set of integers 2x will not stop at junction modulo 6. This means that there is no solution to the given linear congruence 2x mod 6. (Try doing this by solving the Diophantine equation 2x 6y.) If we have x b mod n then we only have to consider values of
4 Chapter 3: Theory of Modular Arithmetic 28 In solving 2x mod 5 x 0,, 2, 3,, n. we tried values of x up to 9 (see Table at the beginning of this section), but we only need to try x 0,, 2, 3, 4. C2 Number of solutions of a Linear Congruence The above Example demonstrates that there are some linear congruences which have no solution. How do we know which congruences have a solution? The next proposition gives the criteria for a solution. Proposition (3.5). The linear congruence ax b mod n has a solution g b where g gcd a, n. Note that in Example 0 we had 2x mod 5. The the linear congruence 2x mod 5 has a solution. g gcd 2, 5 and so On the other hand in Example we had 2x mod 6 the g gcd 2, 6 2 and 2 does not divide so there are no solutions to this linear congruence. (For this example you would have noticed from the previous table that 2x mod 6 only stops at 0, 2 and 4 modulo 6 because these numbers are multiples of g gcd2, 6 2.) How do we prove this proposition (3.5)? By Proposition (.6) of chapter : ax by c has integer solutions g c where gcd, a b g Proof. We have ax b mod n Let g gcd a, n equation which means that there is an integer y such that ax b yn implies ax ny b. Then by Proposition (.6) we conclude that the Diophantine ax ny b has a solution g b which is our required result.
5 Chapter 3: Theory of Modular Arithmetic 29 Example 2 Which of the following linear congruences have solutions? (a) 7x 8 mod 4 (b) 2x 8 mod 6 (c) 5x 2 mod 9 (d) 36x 54 mod 90 (a) The greatest common divisor of 7 and 4, that is not divide 8 so by the above Proposition (3.5) the linear congruence 7 x 8 mod 4 (b) For 2x 8 mod 6 the congruence 2 x 8 mod 6 (c) For 5x 2 mod 9 we have linear congruence 5 x 2 mod 9 (d) The gcd36, x 54 mod 90 has solutions. has no solution gcd 7, 4 7, but 7 does gcd 2, 6 6 but 6 8 so the given linear has no solution gcd 5, 9 3 and 3 divides 2 so the given has solutions (we are not asked to find them) and 8 divides 54 so the given linear congruence Next, we show that the congruence ax b mod n has exactly g gcd a, n incongruent solutions. What does incongruent mean? Not congruent. For example 6 x 2 mod 4 has solutions x mod 4 and x 3 mod 4 but 3 mod 4 [ 3 mod 4 is not congruent to We say x mod 4 and x 3 mod 4 linear congruence 6x 2 mod 4. These congruences x mod 4 and x 3 mod 4 are two different stops on the modulo 4 clock. Example 3 Solve the linear congruence 6x 3 mod 9. mod 4 ] are two incongruent solutions of the given
6 Chapter 3: Theory of Modular Arithmetic 30 We use the above Proposition (3.5) to test whether we have a solution: mod has a solution g b where g gcd a, n ax b n We first find the greatest common divisor of 6 and 9: g gcd 6, 9 3 Since 3 3 the given linear congruence 6x 3 mod 9. has exactly 3 solutions. In this case we are working with modulo 9 so we only need to consider x 0,, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 Evaluating these gives x x mod By using this table we see our solutions are The linear congruence 6x 3 mod 9 Table 4 Shows junctions of 6x mod 9 x 2, 5, 8 mod 9 has three incongruent solutions x 2, 5, 8 mod 9. By observing Table 4 in Example 3 we have that the congruences 6 x 0, 3, 6 mod 9 have solutions because all these numbers 0, 3, 6 are multiples of 3 which is the gcd of 6 and 9. The set of integers represented by 6x mod 9 0, 3, 6 on the modulo 9 clock. only stops at junctions However the following congruence equations 6x, 2, 4 and 5 mod 9 will have no solutions because g 3 does not divide into any of these numbers, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8. Proposition (3.6). The linear congruence ax b mod n Has exactly g incongruent solutions modulo n provided g b where g gcd a, n How do we prove this result?. We use Proposition (.7) of chapter which gives the solutions of the Diophantine equation:
7 Chapter 3: Theory of Modular Arithmetic 3 If x 0, y 0 are particular solutions of the Diophantine equation and g c where gcd a, b g by Proof. ax by c then all the other solutions of this equation are given b x x t 0 g a and y y t 0 g We do the proof in two parts. First we list the solutions and then we show there are exactly g incongruent solutions. The given congruence ax b mod n ax b kn implies that there is an integer k such that ax kn ax n k b which implies Let x 0 be a particular solution to this equation then by applying the above Proposition (.7) to ax n k b gives the other solutions as n x x t 0 g where t is an arbitrary integer and g gcd a, n Substituting t 0, t, t 2, and t g we have n n n n x x, x, x 2, x 3,, x g g g g g (*) Need to show that each of these are not congruent modulo n. How? Use proof by contradiction. Suppose any two numbers in the list (*) are congruent modulo n: n n x t x t mod n g g Where 0 t t g. By using Definition (3.): 2 g g On n n x t 0 2 x t 0 mod n a b mod n a b kn implies there is an integer k such that n n x t 0 2 x t k n 0 g g n t t 2 k n Simplifying and factorizing g t t k g implies t t k g 2 2 Cancelling n's
8 Chapter 3: Theory of Modular Arithmetic 32 We have t 2 t k g t g g (because k ) and earlier we had t 2 g. This is a contradiction because we have t 2 g and t 2 g. Hence none of the congruences in the above list (*) are congruent to each other modulo n. This means that the list of numbers: are incongruent modulo n. n n n n x x, x, x 2, x 3,, x g g g g g n Any other solution x x t 0 g Why? is congruent to one of these in the list modulo n. We can show this by using the Division Algorithm on integers t and g. The Division Algorithm (.7) of chapter : Let a, b be given. Then there are unique integers q and r such that a bq r 0 r b Applying this on the above integers t and g means there are integers q and r such that: t gq r 0 r g ( ) n Substituting this t gq r into x x t 0 g gives n n x x 0 t x 0 gq r g g x nq r n 0 g n x 0 0 r Because g nq0 mod n n x r 0 mod n g From ( ) we have 0 r g which means r 0,, 2, 3,, g so this n x x t 0 g is in the above list (*) which is: n n n n x x, x, x 2, x 3,, x g g g g g Hence we have exactly g incongruent solutions to ax b mod n.
9 Chapter 3: Theory of Modular Arithmetic 33 C3 Solving Linear Congruence Equations The list (*) produced in the proof of the above Proposition (3.6) is used to find the g solutions of ax b mod n. Hence the following integers: g g g g n n n n (3.7) x x, x, 2, 3,, 0 0 x x x g mod n are the g solutions of ax b mod n provided g b where g gcd a, n These numbers can be written in compact form as: g (3.8) x n x t 0 mod n for t 0,, 2,, g We find a solution x 0 and then add multiples of n g. Example 4 Find all the solutions of the linear congruence equation: 7 x 35 mod 70 First we determine the greatest common divisor, gcd, of 7 and 70: gcd 7, 70 7 What next? We need to check that 7 divides into 35. Since 7 Why? Because by Proposition (3.6):. 35 we have 7 incongruent solutions. mod has exactly g solutions provided g b where g gcd a, n ax b n We can find the first solution by trial and error. Is there an obvious solution? Yes, it is x 5 mod 70 because How do we find the other six solutions? Using the list of numbers given in (3.8): g (3.8) x n x t 0 mod n With x 5 0 mod 70, n 70 and g 7 0 with t 0,, 2,, 7 for t 0,, 2,, g we have to x 5 0 mod 70 n g Adding multiples of 7, into this (3.8) gives
10 Chapter 3: Theory of Modular Arithmetic 34 x 5, 5 0, 5 2 0, 5 3 0,, , 5, 25, 35, 45, 55, 65 mod 70 Simplifying You can check that each of these is a solution by substituting these into 7 x 35 mod 70 Example 5 Find all the solutions of the linear congruence equation: First gcd7, x 34 mod 70 but 7 does not divide into 34. What does this mean in relation to the solutions of 7x 34 mod 70? There are no solutions to 7x 34 mod 70. Example 6 Find all the incongruent solutions of the linear congruence: 5 x 34 mod 7 The greatest common divisor of 5 and 7 is, that is gcd5, How many solutions do we have of the given linear congruence? and divides into One solution which means this linear congruence has a unique solution. How can we find this? We are given 5x 34 mod 7. We can simplify this to make the arithmetic easier; note that 34 6 mod 7 therefore 5x 34 6 mod 7. It is simpler to solve 5x 6 mod 7 rather than 5x 34 mod 7 Also note that 5 2 mod 7 and 6 mod 7 can solve the equivalent easier equation:. Using these results means that we 2x mod 7 2x mod 7 Multiplying by By observation we know x 4 mod 7 is a solution because mod 4 Checking that this solution is correct:,
11 Chapter 3: Theory of Modular Arithmetic mod 7 Therefore 5x 34 mod 7 has the unique solution 4 mod 7 x. To solve the linear equation 6x 5 0 It is easier to divide through by 3 and solve 2x 5 0. Can we divide through by a common factor for congruences? We need to be careful because we are dealing with integers. The next example demonstrates this. Example 7 Find all the incongruent solutions of the linear congruence: 6 x 5 mod 2 The gcd6, 2 3 and 3 5 so there are 3 incongruent solutions modulo 2. If you only have paper and pen then modulo 2 is too tedious to work with. Can we convert this to a smaller modulus and work with that? Yes. By Proposition (3.0) of the previous section: ac bc mod n implies a b mod n g where g gcd c, n This n g gives us a smaller modulus. We are given 6x 5 mod 2 gcd 6, 2 3 and. We can write the given linear congruence 6x 5 mod 2 32x 35 mod 7 3 The above Proposition (3.0) allows us to cancel the 3 s which in this case gives: 2 x 5 mod 7 By inspection we have the solution x 6 mod 7 From this x 6 mod 7 we have What are values of t? x 6 7t where t is an integer to this congruence. Since we only have 3 solutions so t 0, and 2. By substituting these values t 0, and 2 into x 6 7t we have as
12 Chapter 3: Theory of Modular Arithmetic 36 x 6, 3, 20 mod 2 These are the 3 incongruent solutions modulo 2. You can check these by substituting them into the given linear congruence 6x 5 mod 2. Generally it is easier to divide through by the gcd a, n to find possible solutions of ax b mod n to work with. because then we are dealing with a smaller modulus which is simpler C4 Unique s How many solutions does the general linear congruence have if gcd a, n? ax b mod n Just one, a unique solution because g is the number of solutions of ax b mod n provided g divides b. We can write this as a general result. Corollary (3.9). If gcd a, n then the linear congruence ax b mod n has a unique solution modulo n. Proof. Applying Proposition (3.6) with g : ax b mod n has exactly g solutions provided g b where g gcd a, n We are given g gcd a, n and b so we have a unique solution to ax b mod n. Example 8 Solve the linear congruence: 6 x mod 3
13 Chapter 3: Theory of Modular Arithmetic 37 Since gcd6, 3 6 x mod 3 so we have a unique solution modulo 3. The congruence means that 3k 6x 3k implies x where k is an integer 6 35 We choose k so that x is an integer. Let k 5 then x. Hence 6 In ordinary algebra when we have 6x x mod 3 x. This x 6 6 is the inverse 6 of 6. Similarly, the unique solution of the above linear congruence 6x mod 3 x mod 3 We call this x mod 3 the (multiplicative) inverse of 6 modulo 3. C5 Multiplicative Inverse is Definition (3.20). If ax mod n then the unique solution of this congruence is called the multiplicative inverse of a modulo n and is denoted by a mod n In Example 0 we had 2x mod 5 x 3 mod 5 Therefore we write this in compact notation as 2 3 mod 5. In the exercises we will show that a mod n has an inverse a and n are relatively prime. Example 9 Determine the inverse of 3 mod 4. To find the inverse means we need to solve 3x mod 4. The gcd3, 4 we have a unique solution. By inspection x 5 mod 4 Because mod 4 Inverse of 3 modulo 4 is 5 modulo 4 or in notation form 3 5 mod 4.. so
14 Chapter 3: Theory of Modular Arithmetic 38 Example 20 Determine the inverse of 3 modulo 5. In this case we need to solve 3x mod 5. Note that the not divide into so there are no solutions to this congruence 3x mod 5. Therefore 3 modulo 5 has no inverse. gcd 3, 5 3 but 3 does It is critical that a mod n has an inverse if and only if a and n are relatively prime. This implies that only the relative prime integers to n have inverses. Which integers have inverses modulo 0?, 3, 7 and 9 The integers 2, 4, 5, 6, 8 and 0 will not have inverses modulo 0 because they are not relatively prime with 0. SUMMARY (3.5) ax b mod n has solutions g b where g gcd a, n. The multiplicative inverse of a modulo n is the unique solution x mod n of ax mod n and is denoted by a mod n.
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