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We have a name for the property of integers to be $0$ or $1$ $mathrm{mod} 2$ - parity.



Is there any similar name for the remainder for any other base? Like a generalization of parity? Could I use parity in a broader sense, just to name the remainder $mathrm{mod} n$?






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    How about congruence?
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    So should I say (variable)'s congruence class or value?
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    I had the same question and thought about terminology for $n = 3$. A friend of mine came up with a very neat suggestion: flat, short and long. I don't know if there is any other generalization, but I would very much like to hear people talking about remainders mod 3 like this. I guess the reason why this has a name for $n=2$ is that it appears commonly in everyday life as opposed to most of the other numbers. When talking about time, the 12 is dropped at all, but this is somewhat different maybe
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$begingroup$


We have a name for the property of integers to be $0$ or $1$ $mathrm{mod} 2$ - parity.



Is there any similar name for the remainder for any other base? Like a generalization of parity? Could I use parity in a broader sense, just to name the remainder $mathrm{mod} n$?






elementary-number-theory soft-question integers







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    How about congruence?
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    – Umberto P.
    Feb 25 at 11:37










  • $begingroup$
    So should I say (variable)'s congruence class or value?
    $endgroup$
    – dEmigOd
    Feb 25 at 11:43










  • $begingroup$
    I had the same question and thought about terminology for $n = 3$. A friend of mine came up with a very neat suggestion: flat, short and long. I don't know if there is any other generalization, but I would very much like to hear people talking about remainders mod 3 like this. I guess the reason why this has a name for $n=2$ is that it appears commonly in everyday life as opposed to most of the other numbers. When talking about time, the 12 is dropped at all, but this is somewhat different maybe
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$begingroup$


We have a name for the property of integers to be $0$ or $1$ $mathrm{mod} 2$ - parity.



Is there any similar name for the remainder for any other base? Like a generalization of parity? Could I use parity in a broader sense, just to name the remainder $mathrm{mod} n$?






elementary-number-theory soft-question integers







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We have a name for the property of integers to be $0$ or $1$ $mathrm{mod} 2$ - parity.



Is there any similar name for the remainder for any other base? Like a generalization of parity? Could I use parity in a broader sense, just to name the remainder $mathrm{mod} n$?






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    $begingroup$
    How about congruence?
    $endgroup$
    – Umberto P.
    Feb 25 at 11:37










  • $begingroup$
    So should I say (variable)'s congruence class or value?
    $endgroup$
    – dEmigOd
    Feb 25 at 11:43










  • $begingroup$
    I had the same question and thought about terminology for $n = 3$. A friend of mine came up with a very neat suggestion: flat, short and long. I don't know if there is any other generalization, but I would very much like to hear people talking about remainders mod 3 like this. I guess the reason why this has a name for $n=2$ is that it appears commonly in everyday life as opposed to most of the other numbers. When talking about time, the 12 is dropped at all, but this is somewhat different maybe
    $endgroup$
    – kesa
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  • 9




    $begingroup$
    How about congruence?
    $endgroup$
    – Umberto P.
    Feb 25 at 11:37










  • $begingroup$
    So should I say (variable)'s congruence class or value?
    $endgroup$
    – dEmigOd
    Feb 25 at 11:43










  • $begingroup$
    I had the same question and thought about terminology for $n = 3$. A friend of mine came up with a very neat suggestion: flat, short and long. I don't know if there is any other generalization, but I would very much like to hear people talking about remainders mod 3 like this. I guess the reason why this has a name for $n=2$ is that it appears commonly in everyday life as opposed to most of the other numbers. When talking about time, the 12 is dropped at all, but this is somewhat different maybe
    $endgroup$
    – kesa
    Feb 25 at 15:44










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$begingroup$
How about congruence?
$endgroup$
– Umberto P.
Feb 25 at 11:37




$begingroup$
How about congruence?
$endgroup$
– Umberto P.
Feb 25 at 11:37












$begingroup$
So should I say (variable)'s congruence class or value?
$endgroup$
– dEmigOd
Feb 25 at 11:43




$begingroup$
So should I say (variable)'s congruence class or value?
$endgroup$
– dEmigOd
Feb 25 at 11:43












$begingroup$
I had the same question and thought about terminology for $n = 3$. A friend of mine came up with a very neat suggestion: flat, short and long. I don't know if there is any other generalization, but I would very much like to hear people talking about remainders mod 3 like this. I guess the reason why this has a name for $n=2$ is that it appears commonly in everyday life as opposed to most of the other numbers. When talking about time, the 12 is dropped at all, but this is somewhat different maybe
$endgroup$
– kesa
Feb 25 at 15:44






$begingroup$
I had the same question and thought about terminology for $n = 3$. A friend of mine came up with a very neat suggestion: flat, short and long. I don't know if there is any other generalization, but I would very much like to hear people talking about remainders mod 3 like this. I guess the reason why this has a name for $n=2$ is that it appears commonly in everyday life as opposed to most of the other numbers. When talking about time, the 12 is dropped at all, but this is somewhat different maybe
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Simply say "congruent to $a$ modulo $m$" to read "$equiv a pmod{m}$".






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    Actually there is a standard name: residue.




    There are $5$ residues modulo $5$, namely $0,1,2,3,4$.



    Every prime greater than $3$ falls into only $2$ residue-classes modulo $6$.







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      In a broader sense, when you are dealing with congruences you are dealing with an equivalence relation and its equivalence classes.



      The basic idea of an equivalence relation is to collect elements that are different but behave in the same manner with respect to some property of interest.



      In modular arithmetic this property is having the same rest when divided by a prescribed integer



      If $a=bbmod m$ or $aequiv_m b$ you essentially say that $a$ and $b$ are in the same equivalence class with respect to the equivalence relation $equiv_m$.



      So you could say that "$a$ and $b$ are in the same equivalence class when we look at the remainder upon dividing by $m$", which definitely longer and more cumbersome to say "$a$ congruent to $b$ modulo $m$" but nonetheless another way to express the same concept.






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        Either AlessioDV's good answer, or you could say: "of the form $nq+r$". as a representation of $equiv r pmod n$ for example a number $N$ with $$Nequiv 1pmod 3$$ has property $N=3q+1$.






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                  Actually there is a standard name: residue.




                  There are $5$ residues modulo $5$, namely $0,1,2,3,4$.



                  Every prime greater than $3$ falls into only $2$ residue-classes modulo $6$.







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                    $begingroup$

                    Actually there is a standard name: residue.




                    There are $5$ residues modulo $5$, namely $0,1,2,3,4$.



                    Every prime greater than $3$ falls into only $2$ residue-classes modulo $6$.







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                      $begingroup$

                      Actually there is a standard name: residue.




                      There are $5$ residues modulo $5$, namely $0,1,2,3,4$.



                      Every prime greater than $3$ falls into only $2$ residue-classes modulo $6$.







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                      $endgroup$



                      Actually there is a standard name: residue.




                      There are $5$ residues modulo $5$, namely $0,1,2,3,4$.



                      Every prime greater than $3$ falls into only $2$ residue-classes modulo $6$.








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                          $begingroup$

                          In a broader sense, when you are dealing with congruences you are dealing with an equivalence relation and its equivalence classes.



                          The basic idea of an equivalence relation is to collect elements that are different but behave in the same manner with respect to some property of interest.



                          In modular arithmetic this property is having the same rest when divided by a prescribed integer



                          If $a=bbmod m$ or $aequiv_m b$ you essentially say that $a$ and $b$ are in the same equivalence class with respect to the equivalence relation $equiv_m$.



                          So you could say that "$a$ and $b$ are in the same equivalence class when we look at the remainder upon dividing by $m$", which definitely longer and more cumbersome to say "$a$ congruent to $b$ modulo $m$" but nonetheless another way to express the same concept.






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                            $begingroup$

                            In a broader sense, when you are dealing with congruences you are dealing with an equivalence relation and its equivalence classes.



                            The basic idea of an equivalence relation is to collect elements that are different but behave in the same manner with respect to some property of interest.



                            In modular arithmetic this property is having the same rest when divided by a prescribed integer



                            If $a=bbmod m$ or $aequiv_m b$ you essentially say that $a$ and $b$ are in the same equivalence class with respect to the equivalence relation $equiv_m$.



                            So you could say that "$a$ and $b$ are in the same equivalence class when we look at the remainder upon dividing by $m$", which definitely longer and more cumbersome to say "$a$ congruent to $b$ modulo $m$" but nonetheless another way to express the same concept.






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                              $begingroup$

                              In a broader sense, when you are dealing with congruences you are dealing with an equivalence relation and its equivalence classes.



                              The basic idea of an equivalence relation is to collect elements that are different but behave in the same manner with respect to some property of interest.



                              In modular arithmetic this property is having the same rest when divided by a prescribed integer



                              If $a=bbmod m$ or $aequiv_m b$ you essentially say that $a$ and $b$ are in the same equivalence class with respect to the equivalence relation $equiv_m$.



                              So you could say that "$a$ and $b$ are in the same equivalence class when we look at the remainder upon dividing by $m$", which definitely longer and more cumbersome to say "$a$ congruent to $b$ modulo $m$" but nonetheless another way to express the same concept.






                              share|cite|improve this answer











                              $endgroup$



                              In a broader sense, when you are dealing with congruences you are dealing with an equivalence relation and its equivalence classes.



                              The basic idea of an equivalence relation is to collect elements that are different but behave in the same manner with respect to some property of interest.



                              In modular arithmetic this property is having the same rest when divided by a prescribed integer



                              If $a=bbmod m$ or $aequiv_m b$ you essentially say that $a$ and $b$ are in the same equivalence class with respect to the equivalence relation $equiv_m$.



                              So you could say that "$a$ and $b$ are in the same equivalence class when we look at the remainder upon dividing by $m$", which definitely longer and more cumbersome to say "$a$ congruent to $b$ modulo $m$" but nonetheless another way to express the same concept.







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                                  Either AlessioDV's good answer, or you could say: "of the form $nq+r$". as a representation of $equiv r pmod n$ for example a number $N$ with $$Nequiv 1pmod 3$$ has property $N=3q+1$.






                                  share|cite|improve this answer









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                                    $begingroup$

                                    Either AlessioDV's good answer, or you could say: "of the form $nq+r$". as a representation of $equiv r pmod n$ for example a number $N$ with $$Nequiv 1pmod 3$$ has property $N=3q+1$.






                                    share|cite|improve this answer









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                                      Either AlessioDV's good answer, or you could say: "of the form $nq+r$". as a representation of $equiv r pmod n$ for example a number $N$ with $$Nequiv 1pmod 3$$ has property $N=3q+1$.






                                      share|cite|improve this answer









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                                      Either AlessioDV's good answer, or you could say: "of the form $nq+r$". as a representation of $equiv r pmod n$ for example a number $N$ with $$Nequiv 1pmod 3$$ has property $N=3q+1$.







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