Definition of Congruences

1. Noun. (plural of congruence) ¹

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Definition of Congruences

1. congruence [n] - See also: congruence

Lexicographical Neighbors of Congruences

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congresswoman
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congruous hemianopia
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congruousness

Literary usage of Congruences

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Elements of the Theory of Algebraic Numbers by Legh Wilber Reid (1910)
"Congruences in One Unknown and with Composite Modulus. The solution of a congruence of the form f(x) = aax" -\- Oj.r"'1 -f- ••• -f- a,, = o, ..."

2. The Theory of Numbers by Robert Daniel Carmichael (1914)
"CHAPTER III ELEMENTARY PROPERTIES OF Congruences § 18. Congruences MODULO m DEFINITIONS. If a and b are any two integers, positive or zero or negative, ..."

3. The Cambridge Colloquium 1916 by Griffith Conrad Evans, Oswald Veblen (1918)
"Congruences and Homologies, Modulo 2 15. The definition of congruences ... The remarks about linear combination of congruences and complexes made in Chap. ..."

4. A Treatise on the Differential Geometry of Curves and Surfaces by Luther Pfahler Eisenhart (1909)
"Determine all the congruences of Guichard for which one of the focal surfaces is ... W-congruences. We have just seen that the asymptotic lines on the focal ..."

5. A Treatise on Algebra by Charles Smith (1893)
"Congruences. 385. Definition. If two numbers a and 6 leave the same ... The proposition will clearly hold good for any number of congruences to the same ..."

6. A Treatise on the Theory of Algebraical Equations by John Hymers (1858)
"The last of these congruences is Wilson's theorem. ... The properties of Binomial Congruences are analogous to those of Binomial Equations ; and throughout ..."

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