Seeing the Chinese Remainder Theorem

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Given the remainders and when a number is divided by relatively prime moduli and , the Chinese remainder theorem can be used to find the result of mod . Use the controls to select , , , and . The darkest square contains the solution, where the two sets of differently colored bands intersect.

Contributed by: Sreenath Are (September 2013)
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In the first snapshot, and .

Reference

[1] Wikipedia. "Chinese Remainder Theorem." (Aug 23, 2013) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_remainder_theorem.



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