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For , every class in has one representative with , so ; while is in bijection with
Statement
Let be a positive integer. Every class in (The congruence class and the quotient set ) contains exactly one integer with . Consequently the map
is a bijection from the von Neumann natural to , and . This includes , where the only representative is . For , the map is a bijection .
Facts & Assumptions
Given: A positive integer and integers ; separately, the modulus .
For there are unique integers with and (Division with remainder in : for and there are unique with and ).
exactly when (The congruence class and the quotient set ).
The natural-number embedding into is injective and has image the nonnegative integers; the von Neumann natural is the set of naturals (The naturals embed in the integers, The natural numbers (von Neumann)).
A bijection transports finite cardinality, and (Injection, surjection, bijection, The cardinality of a finite set).
Proof
By [L1], write with . Then , so .
If and , then for some integer , so . Both and express with a remainder in the range from to , so uniqueness in [L1] gives .
At modulus , [F1] says exactly when , exactly when . Hence is injective, and it is surjective by the definition of the quotient set.
Thus from the natural to is surjective by step 1.1 and injective by step 1.2, hence bijective.
Since is finite with cardinality , the bijection in step 2.1 gives . At its domain is , so there is one class.
Steps 1.1 through 3.1 prove the positive-modulus statement, and step 1.3 proves the bijection at modulus .
Depends on
- The congruence class $[a]_n$ and the quotient set $\mathbb{Z}/n$
- Division with remainder in $\mathbb{Z}$: for $a \in \mathbb{Z}$ and $b > 0$ there are unique $q, r \in \mathbb{Z}$ with $a = qb + r$ and $0 \le r < b$
- The cardinality $\lvert A\rvert$ of a finite set
- Injection, surjection, bijection
- The natural numbers $\mathbb{N}$ (von Neumann)
- The naturals embed in the integers
Used by
- Modular order finding with rational reconstruction Algorithm
- Shor factoring with verified output and bounded outer retries Algorithm
- Connected coverings of the circle are classified by the subgroups nℤ for n≥0 Corollary
- φ(1)=1, and φ(p)=p-1 for every prime p Corollary
- 2ℤ has index 2 in ℤ and is nevertheless equinumerous with ℤ Counterexample
- Cyclic convolution wraps a high coefficient without zero padding Counterexample
- The action of ℤ/2 on two disjoint two-point orbits is free but not transitive Counterexample
- The short exact sequence to Sₙ does not prove Bₙ torsion-free Counterexample
- Visible Artin relations alone do not prove presentation completeness Counterexample
- ℤ/1 has one element and satisfies [0]₁=[1]₁, so it is not a field Counterexample
- Denominator-bounded rational phase reconstruction Definition
- The counting inner product on ℂ^ℤ/Nℤ Definition
- The unit group (ℤ/n)^× and Euler's totient φ(n)=|(ℤ/n)^×| for n≥1 Definition
- The unitary discrete Fourier transform on ℤ/Nℤ Definition
- The unnormalised cyclic convolution on ℤ/Nℤ Definition
- (ℤ/12)^×={[1],[5],[7],[11]} and φ(12)=4 Example
- (ℤ/8)^×={[1],[3],[5],[7]} is not cyclic because every element squares to [1] Example
- ⟨ a,b∣ a², b², aba⁻¹b⁻¹⟩≅(ℤ/2)×(ℤ/2) Example
- ⟨ a∣ aⁿ⟩≅(ℤ/n,+) for every n≥ 1 Example
- A modulus n>1 is composite exactly when two nonzero classes in ℤ/n have product [0]ₙ Example
- A=B={0,1,2} in ℤ/7: the sumset has five elements and the bound is tight Example
- An involution on five points has three fixed points and one two-point orbit, verifying 5≡3 (mod 2) Example
- Cyclic convolution on ℤ/4ℤ via the DFT Example
- Dₙ≅⟨ r,s∣ rⁿ, s², srs⁻¹r⟩ for the dihedral group Dₙ=⟨{ρ,σ}⟩leqSym(ℤ/n), n≥ 3 Example
- For n≥1, the cosets of nℤ are the n congruence classes modulo n Example
- The 3×3 upper-unitriangular group over a prime field has generator rank two Example
- The action of ℤ/6 on the cosets of {0,3} is transitive with kernel {0,3} and is not faithful Example
- The Chinese remainder bijection ℤ/12→ℤ/3×ℤ/4 computed on all standard representatives Example
- The finite Heisenberg group is the unique Sylow p-subgroup of its coordinate upper-triangular group Example
- The five characters of Z/5Z and their orthogonality Example
- The four cosets of 4ℤ in (ℤ,+) reproduce addition modulo 4 Example
- The four rotations of a square act freely, transitively and faithfully on its vertices Example
- The Frattini subgroup of (ℤ/p)ⁿ is trivial Example
- The two-circle wedge has both regular and nonregular connected three-sheeted coverings Example
- There are six binary necklaces of length four up to rotation Example
- False: m⊗ n=0 implies m=0 or n=0 False statement
- False: tensoring preserves injections False statement
- False: ℤ/m⊗_ℤℤ/n is nonzero for all positive m,n False statement
- A cyclic group of order n has exactly φ(n) generators Lemma
- A polynomial-size prime field meets the soundness budget Lemma
…and 29 more results.
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Sources
- K. Conrad, Modular Arithmetic (standard reference, not scraped)