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MapleInterface :: msqrt

msqrt -- Compute modular square root.

Synopsis

Description

Computes a modular square root solving x^2 = m mod n. This is useful in the case of very large numbers, in which case the M2 native routines will not work.

-- -*- M2-comint -*- {* hash: 1009217792 *}

Ways to use msqrt :

For the programmer

The object msqrt is a method function.