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mathnub31
Sep19-11, 05:32 PM
How would one normally solve this type of equation

x^a = b (mod n)

Is there any trick to solve it if I know that n = 465992738619896000 and a = 23407534262244700, or perhaps an algorithm?

Eynstone
Sep22-11, 05:58 AM
The existence can be checked with the help of reciprocity laws, but it's a formidable task ( to speak nothing about HOW to find x).

mathwonk
Sep22-11, 08:54 PM
i.e, google quadratic reciprocity, for the case of a = 2.

Xitami
Sep23-11, 02:15 AM
http://www.alpertron.com.ar/LOGDI.HTM