modular arithmetic
Any system of arithmetic for integers which, for some given positive integer n, is…Any system of arithmetic for integers which, for some given positive integer n, is equivalent to the set of integers being mapped onto the finite set {0, ... n} according to congruence modulo n, and in which addition and multiplication are defined consistently with the results of ordinary arithmetic being so mapped.
» Carl Gauss studied modular arithmetic extensively.
Карл Фридрих Гаусс углублённо занимался модульной арифметикой. — Ooneykcall
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1 senses(countable, uncountable)Any system of arithmetic for integers which, for some given positive integer n, is equivalent to the set of integers being mapped onto the finite set {0, ... n} according to congruence modulo n, and in which addition and multiplication are defined consistently with the results of ordinary arithmetic being so mapped.
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1 sentencesCarl Gauss studied modular arithmetic extensively.
ruКарл Фридрих Гаусс углублённо занимался модульной арифметикой. — Ooneykcall
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plural: modular arithmetics| Singular | modular arithmetic |
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1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
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