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Residue systems

Each residue class modulo m may be represented by any one of its members, although we usually represent each residue class by the smallest nonnegative integer which belongs to that class (since this is the proper remainder which results from division). Any two members of different residue classes modulo m are incongruent modulo m. Furthermore, every integer belongs to one and only one residue class modulo m.

The set of integers {0, 1, 2,..., m − 1} is called the least residue system modulo m. Any set of m integers, no two of which are congruent modulo m, is called a complete residue system modulo m.

The least residue system is a complete residue system, and a complete residue system is simply a set containing precisely one representative of each residue class modulo m. For example, the least residue system modulo 4 is {0, 1, 2, 3}. Some other complete residue systems modulo 4 include:

Some sets that are not complete residue systems modulo 4 are: