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  2. Division algorithm - Wikipedia

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    Long division is the standard algorithm used for pen-and-paper division of multi-digit numbers expressed in decimal notation. It shifts gradually from the left to the right end of the dividend, subtracting the largest possible multiple of the divisor (at the digit level) at each stage; the multiples then become the digits of the quotient, and the final difference is then the remainder.

  3. Remainder - Wikipedia

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    and −2 is the least absolute remainder. In the division of 42 by 5, we have: 42 = 8 × 5 + 2, and since 2 < 5/2, 2 is both the least positive remainder and the least absolute remainder. In these examples, the (negative) least absolute remainder is obtained from the least positive remainder by subtracting 5, which is d. This holds in general.

  4. Modulo - Wikipedia

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    In computing, the modulo operation returns the remainder or signed remainder of a division, after one number is divided by another, called the modulus of the operation.. Given two positive numbers a and n, a modulo n (often abbreviated as a mod n) is the remainder of the Euclidean division of a by n, where a is the dividend and n is the divisor.

  5. Divisibility rule - Wikipedia

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    One must multiply the leftmost digit of the original number by 3, add the next digit, take the remainder when divided by 7, and continue from the beginning: multiply by 3, add the next digit, etc. For example, the number 371: 3×3 + 7 = 16 remainder 2, and 2×3 + 1 = 7. This method can be used to find the remainder of division by 7.

  6. Euclidean division - Wikipedia

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    In arithmetic, Euclidean division – or division with remainder – is the process of dividing one integer (the dividend) by another (the divisor), in a way that produces an integer quotient and a natural number remainder strictly smaller than the absolute value of the divisor. A fundamental property is that the quotient and the remainder ...

  7. Euclidean algorithm - Wikipedia

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    The computational expense per step is associated chiefly with finding q k, since the remainder r k can be calculated quickly from r k−2, r k−1, and q k. r k = r k−2 − q k r k−1. The computational expense of dividing h-bit numbers scales as O(h(ℓ+1)), where ℓ is the length of the quotient. [93]

  8. Extended Euclidean algorithm - Wikipedia

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    Thus t, or, more exactly, the remainder of the division of t by n, is the multiplicative inverse of a modulo n. To adapt the extended Euclidean algorithm to this problem, one should remark that the Bézout coefficient of n is not needed, and thus does not need to be computed.

  9. Hash function - Wikipedia

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    Algebraic coding is a variant of the division method of hashing which uses division by a polynomial modulo 2 instead of an integer to map n bits to m bits. [ 3 ] : 512–513 In this approach, M = 2 m , and we postulate an m th-degree polynomial Z ( x ) = x m + ζ m −1 x m −1 + ⋯ + ζ 0 .