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Author: Marian Olejar, Jr. Created: Jul/02/2006 Last edit: Jul/02/2006

    number theory:
    If a and b are integers with a`!=`0, then the integer r occurring in the division algorithm is called the remainder after dividing b by a.
    b = qa + r and 0`<=`r`<|a|`

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