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The modular reduction of the (arbitrary) integer k by the (positive) integer p (the modulus). For the purposes of this Recommendation, j = k mod p is the unique integer satisfying the following two conditions: 0≤ j < p and k− j is a multiple of p.
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NIST SP 800-56A Rev. 2 [Superseded]

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