Re: [R] Modular inverses

2009-12-01 Thread Hans W Borchers
SJ Robson-Davis bristol.ac.uk> writes: > > I want to find the inverse of an integer k mod p (prime.) Is there a > function that can do this for me? I know i could simply write (k^(p-2)) %% > p, but i need to do this for large primes (above 100) and this gives the > warning message: > probabl

Re: [R] Modular inverses

2009-11-27 Thread William Dunlap
> -Original Message- > From: r-help-boun...@r-project.org > [mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org] On Behalf Of SJ Robson-Davis > Sent: Friday, November 27, 2009 8:52 AM > To: r-help@r-project.org > Subject: [R] Modular inverses > > I want to find the inverse of a

[R] Modular inverses

2009-11-27 Thread SJ Robson-Davis
I want to find the inverse of an integer k mod p (prime.) Is there a function that can do this for me? I know i could simply write (k^(p-2)) %% p, but i need to do this for large primes (above 100) and this gives the warning message: Warning message: probable complete loss of accuracy in modulus so