Show that for any positive integer n, the relation equivalent modulo n is an equivalence relation on

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Show that for any positive integer n, the relation “equivalent modulo n” is an equivalence relation on the integers. (We say that a ≡ b (mod n) if there exists an integer q such that a − b = qn.) Into what equivalence classes does this relation partition the integers?

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Introduction to Algorithms

ISBN: 978-0262033848

3rd edition

Authors: Thomas H. Cormen, Charles E. Leiserson, Ronald L. Rivest

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