From 0703ea9ea4155d59d1356713789c60f5e6e8c7a6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mattias Andrée Date: Wed, 11 May 2016 18:22:11 +0200 Subject: Always satisfy n=qd+r to avoid confusion MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Signed-off-by: Mattias Andrée --- man/zdivmod.3 | 28 ---------------------------- 1 file changed, 28 deletions(-) (limited to 'man/zdivmod.3') diff --git a/man/zdivmod.3 b/man/zdivmod.3 index d63405a..f0cd9e4 100644 --- a/man/zdivmod.3 +++ b/man/zdivmod.3 @@ -30,34 +30,6 @@ gets Mod .IR divisor . .P -Be aware, -.I remainder -gets -.RI | dividend | -Mod -.RI | divisor |, -this means that it is only guaranteed to be true that -.I dividend -= -.I quotient -⋅ -.I divisor -+ -.IR remainder -if -.I dividend -and -.I divisor -are both non-negative. -It is up to the user, to make the necessary adjustment to -.I remainder -to make this true or to satisfy any desired property. This -exceptional behaviour has been choosen because it is the -simplies, works just fine if you are working with natural -numbers only, and there are two many ways to define -modulus; this one is advantages when you want to make -adjustments, it is straight-forward. -.P It is safe to call .B zdivmod with non-unique parameters, -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2