Chinese remainder theorem

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Chinese remainder theorem

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The earliest known formulation of the theorem was in the Chinese Sun Zi's Mathematical Manual circa 400 AD.

proper noun the Chinese remainder theorem

  1. A theorem stating that, if one knows the remainders of the Euclidean division of an integer n by several integers, then one can determine uniquely the remainder of the division of n by the product of these integers, under the condition that the divisors are pairwise coprime.

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@misc{chinese_remainder_theorem_2026,
  title = {Chinese remainder theorem},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/chinese%20remainder%20theorem},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}