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<B>SETMOD</B> _ _ _  _ _ _  _ _ _  _ _ _ <B>command</B><P>
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The <em>setmod</em> command sets the modulus value for subsequent 
<A HREF=r37_0305.html>modular</A> 
arithmetic. 
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syntax: </H3>
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<em>setmod</em>&lt;integer&gt; 
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&lt;integer&gt; must be positive, and greater than 1. It need not be a prime 
number. 
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examples: </H3>
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setmod 6; 

  1 


on modular; 

16; 

  4 


x^2 + 5x + 7; 

   2
  X  + 5*X + 1 


x/3; 

  X
  - 
  3


setmod 2; 

  6 


(x+1)^4; 

   4
  X  + 1 


x/3; 

  X

</TT></PRE><P><em>setmod</em>returns the previous modulus, or 1 if none has been
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before. <em>setmod</em> only has effect when 
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Modular operations are done only on numbers such as coefficients of 
polynomials, not on the exponents. The modulus need not be prime. 
Attempts to divide by a power of the modulus produces an error message, since th
e 
operation is equivalent to dividing by 0. However, dividing by a factor 
of a non-prime modulus does not produce an error message. 
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