Definition:Congruence (Number Theory)/Historical Note
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Definition
The concept of congruence modulo an integer was first explored by Carl Friedrich Gauss.
He originated the notation $a \equiv b \pmod m$ in his work Disquisitiones Arithmeticae, published in $1801$.
Sources
- 2008: David Joyner: Adventures in Group Theory (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Chapter $2$: 'And you do addition?': $\S 2.3$: Relations: Example $2.3.4$
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): congruence modulo $n$
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): congruence modulo $n$