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Functional Congruence

A congruence of the form

f(x)=g(x) (mod n),

where f(x) and g(x) are both integer polynomials. Functional congruences are sometimes also called "identical congruences" (Nagell 1951, p. 74).

See also

Congruence

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References

Nagell, T. "Algebraic Congruences and Functional Congruences." §22 in Introduction to Number Theory. New York: Wiley, pp. 73-76, 1951.

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Functional Congruence." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/FunctionalCongruence.html

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