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State/There are no zero divisors mod p
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Proposition: (There are no zero divisors mod p) Suppose that $p$ is a prime number. Suppose that $\bar x$ and $\bar y$ are residues mod $p$.
Then, if $\bar x \bar y = \bar 0$, then $\bar x = \bar 0$ or $\bar y = \bar 0$.
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