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changeset 59045:ba6d401365b5
(Types Tutorial): Emphasized that you can't divide by 0.
| author | Jay Belanger <jay.p.belanger@gmail.com> |
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| date | Mon, 20 Dec 2004 20:00:48 +0000 |
| parents | 9dadbbe9a381 |
| children | 1556834db2cf |
| files | man/calc.texi |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/man/calc.texi Mon Dec 20 18:09:46 2004 +0000 +++ b/man/calc.texi Mon Dec 20 20:00:48 2004 +0000 @@ -4757,10 +4757,11 @@ @end smallexample @noindent -In this last step, Calc has found a new number which, when multiplied -by 5 modulo 24, produces the original number, 21. If @var{m} is prime -it is always possible to find such a number. For non-prime @var{m} -like 24, it is only sometimes possible. +In this last step, Calc has divided by 5 modulo 24; i.e., it has found a +new number which, when multiplied by 5 modulo 24, produces the original +number, 21. If @var{m} is prime and the divisor is not a multiple of +@var{m}, it is always possible to find such a number. For non-prime +@var{m} like 24, it is only sometimes possible. @smallexample @group