modular arithmetic

== English == === Noun === modular arithmetic (countable and uncountable, plural modular arithmetics) (number theory) 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. ==== Synonyms ==== (system of finite arithmetic): clock arithmetic ==== Translations ==== === See also === modulo === Further reading === Congruence relation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Modulo operation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia