Modular Arithmetic before C. F. Gauss. Systematisations and ...

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Modular Arithmetic before C.F. Gauss. Systematisations and discussions on remainder problems in 18th century Germany Maarten Bullynck IZWT, Bergische Universitat Wuppertal, Gaußstraße 20, 42119 Wuppertal, Germany Forschungsstipendiat der Alexander-von-Humboldt-Stiftung Email: Abstract Remainder problems have a long tradition and were widely disseminated in books on calculation, algebra and recreational mathematics from the 13th century until the 18th century.

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