Timeline for How to calculate $\,(a-b)\bmod n\,$ and $ {-}b \bmod n$
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| Jun 4, 2019 at 22:12 | comment | added | FelipeC | I don't think this is correct. The correct way to think about modulo is with a complete different arithmetic, and equality has nothing to do with arithmetic. | |
| May 6, 2017 at 6:39 | comment | added | Dan Lenski | You very nicely made the point about mod as a modifier of the equality assertion, rather than a modifier of the expression on either side. Well said. | |
| Jan 12, 2015 at 1:51 | history | answered | Gregory J. Puleo | CC BY-SA 3.0 |