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(3) Chinese Remainder Theorem Let m1,m2,,mkm_{1}, m_{2}, \cdots, m_{k} be kk pairwise coprime positive integers, M=M= m1m2mk,Mi=Mmi(i=1,2,,k),b1,b2,,bkm_{1} m_{2} \cdots m_{k}, M_{i}=\frac{M}{m_{i}}(i=1,2, \cdots, k), b_{1}, b_{2}, \cdots, b_{k} be any integers, then the system of congruences
xb1(modm1),,xbk(modmk)x \equiv b_{1}\left(\bmod m_{1}\right), \cdots, x \equiv b_{k}\left(\bmod m_{k}\right)

has a unique solution xM1M1b1++MkMkbk(modM)x \equiv M_{1}^{*} M_{1} b_{1}+\cdots+M_{k}^{*} M_{k} b_{k}(\bmod M), where MiM_{i}^{*} is any integer satisfying MiMiM_{i}^{*} M_{i} \equiv 1(modmi)1\left(\bmod m_{i}\right) (i=1,2,,k)(i=1,2, \cdots, k).

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