Talk:Modulo
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There was actually a reasonable page here, not restricted to modular arithmetic, before it was a made a redirect in February 2004 (for the second time) ...
Charles Matthews 02:41, 24 Jul 2004 (UTC)
That is true. Many of the links now pointing at this page use the word modulo in a way that is NOT about modular arithmetic, and would be incomprehensible if the only explanation known to the reader were the latter page. I'm hoping that will be considered a sufficient reason not to redirect this page again. Michael Hardy 18:43, 24 Jul 2004 (UTC)
The material that was removed in February (which was about colloquial uses of the word) was safely incorporated at the end of Modular arithmetic. However, many of the latter parts of that article could profitably be brought back here. -- Toby Bartels 08:10, 2 Aug 2004 (UTC)
- This article misses the point. When mathematicians say modulo A is B modulo C, we mean that A and B are in the same equivalence class under some equivalence relation derived in some way from C. The only thing that is vague is how to get the equivalence relation from C. Billlion 16:56, 12 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- But the locution is also used colloquially when there is no well-defined equivalence relation, thus: "This research paper is finished modulo the refereeing process." Michael Hardy 19:18, 12 Dec 2004 (UTC)