remainder theorem
noun
: a theorem in algebra: if f(x) is a polynomial in x then the remainder on dividing f(x) by x − a is f(a)
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Why doesn’t this violate the Chinese remainder theorem?
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There’s a simple but clever reason the Chinese remainder theorem works.
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This is the most basic version of the Chinese remainder theorem.
—Quanta Magazine, 18 Nov. 2021
But the Chinese remainder theorem is much more than a practical tool.
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Quanta Magazine, 18 Nov. 2021
There’s a simple but clever reason the Chinese remainder theorem works.
—Quanta Magazine, 18 Nov. 2021
This is the most basic version of the Chinese remainder theorem.
—Quanta Magazine, 18 Nov. 2021
But the Chinese remainder theorem is much more than a practical tool.
—Quanta Magazine, 14 Sep. 2021
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