Re: integer exponentiation with negative exponent

Subject: Re: integer exponentiation with negative exponent
From: Doug Currie &lt;doug.currie@ ... &gt;
Date: 2014年5月20日 11:57:37 -0400

If the quotient a/b is representable, the _expression_ (a/b)*b + a%b shall equal a."
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I found the description of algorithms and history presented in this paper to be very useful:

The Euclidean Definition of the Functions div and mod

RAYMOND T. BOUTE

University of Nijmegen

References:
- Re: integer exponentiation with negative exponent, Leo Razoumov
- Re: integer exponentiation with negative exponent, Philipp Janda
- Re: integer exponentiation with negative exponent, Doug Currie
- Re: integer exponentiation with negative exponent, Jay Carlson
- Re: integer exponentiation with negative exponent, Roberto Ierusalimschy
- Re: integer exponentiation with negative exponent, Jay Carlson
- Re: integer exponentiation with negative exponent, Roberto Ierusalimschy