MODULAR ARITHMETIC


Meaning of MODULAR ARITHMETIC in English

noun

: arithmetic that deals with whole numbers where the numbers are replaced by their remainders after division by a fixed number

in a modular arithmetic with modulus 5, 3 multiplied by 4 is 2

5 hours after 10 o'clock is 3 o'clock because clocks follow a modular arithmetic with modulus 12

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