Modular arithmetic

Summary

In mathematics, modular arithmetic is a system of arithmetic for integers, where numbers "wrap around" when reaching a certain value, called the modulus. The modern approach to modular arithmetic was developed by Carl Friedrich Gauss in his book Disquisitiones Arithmeticae, published in 1801. A familiar use of modular arithmetic is in the 12-hour clock, in which the day is divided into two 12-hour periods. If the time is 7:00 now, then 8 hours later it will be 3:00. Simple addition would result in 7 + 8 = 15, but clocks "wrap around" every 12 hours. Because the hour number starts over at zero when it reaches 12, this is arithmetic modulo 12. In terms of the definition below, 15 is congruent to 3 modulo 12, so "15:00" on a 24-hour clock is displayed "3:00" on a 12-hour clock. Congruence Given an integer n > 1, called a modulus, two integers a and b are said to be congruent modulo n, if n is a di

Official source

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modular_arithmetic

About this result

This page is automatically generated and may contain information that is not correct, complete, up-to-date, or relevant to your search query. The same applies to every other page on this website. Please make sure to verify the information with EPFL's official sources.

Related publications (40)

Related publications

Related people (4)

Related people

Related units (2)

Related units

Related concepts (135)

Related concepts

Related courses (52)

Related courses

Related lectures (112)

Related lectures

Trace maps for Mackey algebras

Baptiste Thierry Pierre Rognerud

Let G be a finite group and R be a commutative ring. The Mackey algebra μR(G) shares a lot of properties with the group algebra RG however, there are some differences. For example, the group algebra is a symmetric algebra and this is not always the case for the Mackey algebra. In this paper we present a systematic approach to the question of the symmetry of the Mackey algebra, by producing symmetric associative bilinear forms for the Mackey algebra. Using the fact that the category of Mackey functors is a closed symmetric monoidal category, we prove that the Mackey algebra μR(G) is a symmetric algebra if and only if the family of Burnside algebras RB(H) for H≤G is a family of symmetric algebras with a compatibility condition. As a corollary, we recover the well known fact that over a field of characteristic zero, the Mackey algebra is always symmetric. Over the ring of integers the Mackey algebra of G is symmetric if and only if the order of G is square free. Finally, if (K, O, k) is a p-modular system for G, we show that the Mackey algebras μO(G) and μk(G) are symmetric if and only if the Sylow p-subgroups of G are of order 1 or p.

Elsevier2015

Equivalences between blocks of p-local Mackey algebras

Baptiste Thierry Pierre Rognerud

Let G be a finite group and (K, O, k) be a p-modular system. Let R = O or k. There is a bijection between the blocks of the group algebra and the blocks of the so-called p-local Mackey algebra mu(1)(R)(G). Let b be a block of RG with abelian defect group D. Let b' be its Brauer correspondant in N-G(D). It is conjectured by Broue that the blocks RGb and RNG(D)b' are derived equivalent. Here we look at equivalences between the corresponding blocks of p-local Mackey algebras. We prove that an analogue of the Broue's conjecture is true for the p-local Mackey algebras in the following cases: for the principal blocks of p-nilpotent groups and for blocks with defect 1.

Elsevier2015

We define and study in terms of integral IwahoriâHecke algebras a new class of geometric operators acting on the Bruhat-Tits building of connected reductive groups over p-adic fields. These operators, which we call U-operators, generalize the geometric notion of "successors" for trees with a marked end. The first main contributions of the thesis are: (i) the integrality of the U-operator over the spherical Hecke algebra using the compatibility between Bernstein and Satake homomorphisms, (ii) in the unramified case, the U-operator attached to a cocharacter is a right root of the corresponding Hecke polynomial. In the second part of the thesis, we study some arithmetic aspects of special cycles on (products of) unitary Shimura varieties, these cycles are expected to yield new results towards the BlochâBeilinson conjectures. As a global application of (ii), we obtain: (iii) the horizontal norm relations for these GGP cycles for arbitrary n, at primes where the unitary group splits. The general local theory developed in the first part of the thesis, has the potential to result in a number of global applications along the lines of (iii) (involving other Shimura varieties and also vertical norm relations) and offers new insights into topics such as the BlasiusâRogawski conjecture as well.

EPFL2019