Coprime Integers - Cross Notation, Group

Cross Notation, Group

See also: multiplicative group of integers modulo n

If n≥1 and is an integer, the numbers coprime to n, taken modulo n, form a group with multiplication as operation; it is written as (Z/nZ)× or Zn*.

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