Proud to add another primary source to my collection, I read the translator's notes and the author's forward and the many thanks Gauss bestows upon his benefactor.
I think, "Oh man, I got this one." First couple of lines: doing good with reread. Brain relaxed.
You see, the thing about learning is you have to understand what you don't understand. You gotta deal with the fact you do not understand that simple little thing on which the entire argument hinges. Or the word. Which, as we all know, is a representation of a concept.
I had to boil it down to modulus. Ready to let my brain absorb its full meaning later like I usually do I let the word slip passed a few times. Nope. Not going to work. Look it up with that little computer you usually keep in your pocket. Find out why a congruent b modulus n. The answer: it's like a fucking clock.
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