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6.34.9 Power in ℤ/pℤ and in ℤ/pℤ[x]: ^

The ^ operator raises modular numbers and polynomials to powers in ℤ/pℤ. (See also Section ‍6.8.2.) For polynomial expressions, use the normal command to simplify. Xcas uses the binary power algorithm to compute this.


Examples.


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