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modular arithmetic

System of algebraic operations defined for remainders under division by a fixed positive integer; system of arithmetic for integers, where numbers "wrap around" upon reaching a certain value—the modulus

Entitybranch of mathematicsmathematical theoryQ319400

Also known as clock arithmetic · modulo arithmetic · mathematics in clocks

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