# Chinese Remainder Theorem

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• Apr 9th 2006, 03:39 PM
darren_a1
Chinese Remainder Theorem
have a problem on hand - this one is kinda easy- but am stuck :P

the problem is :

Solve using CRT:

x congruent to 8(mod13)
x congruent to 1(mod 5)
x congruent to 5 (mod 6)

i have gotten most of it. just want to be sure

thanks
• Apr 9th 2006, 04:07 PM
ThePerfectHacker
Quote:

Originally Posted by darren_a1
have a problem on hand - this one is kinda easy- but am stuck :P

the problem is :

Solve using CRT:

x congruent to 8(mod13)
x congruent to 1(mod 5)
x congruent to 5 (mod 6)

i have gotten most of it. just want to be sure

thanks

We have,
$x\equiv 8 \mod 13$
$x\equiv 1 \mod 5$
$x\equiv 5\mod 6$
Also, $\gcd(13,5)=\gcd(5,6)=\gcd(13,6)=1$
thus, we may rely on Chinese Remainder Theorem.
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By Chinese Remainder Theorem, we know that,
$x\equiv a_1b_1N_1+a_2b_2N_2+a_2b_3N_3 \mod N$
Where,
$N=5\cdot 6\cdot 13$
$N_1=N/13=30$
$N_2=N/5=78$
$N_3=N/6=65$
Also,
$a_1=8$
$a_2=1$
$a_3=5$
Finally,
$b_1\cdot N_1\equiv 1 \mod 13$ thus, $b_1=10$
$b_2\cdot N_2\equiv 1\mod 5$ thus, $b_2=2$
$b_3\cdot N_3\equiv 1\mod 6$ thus, $b_3=5$

Thus,
$x\equiv 2400+156+1625\equiv 4181 \mod 390$
Thus,
$x\equiv 281\mod 390$
• Apr 9th 2006, 04:33 PM
darren_a1
Thanks! That was awesome - this was a problem in m Discrete Math class - so i posted it here! Sorry for trouble caused - am still a bit confused as to how you calculate b1 b2 and b3 :(

Cheers
• Apr 10th 2006, 07:28 AM
ThePerfectHacker
Quote:

Originally Posted by darren_a1
Thanks! That was awesome - this was a problem in m Discrete Math class - so i posted it here! Sorry for trouble caused - am still a bit confused as to how you calculate b1 b2 and b3 :(

Cheers

First, do you understand that those are the numbers that solve the congruences,
$
\left\{ \begin{array}{c}b_1\cdot N_1\equiv 1 \mod 13\\
b_2\cdot N_2\equiv 1\mod 5\\
b_3\cdot N_3\equiv 1\mod 6\end{array}\right
$
.
Is your problem based on how to solve these congruences.