You may never have heard of modular arithmetic, but you use it every day without the slightest difficulty. In this system, numbers wrap around when they reach a certain size called the modulus; it is ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Journal Information The Mathematics Teacher (MT), an official journal of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, is devoted to improving ...

One of my fellow contributors here recently wrote a post about leap years and why we have them. This reminded me of modular arithmetic and the formula for calculating the day of the week for any date ...

Arithmetic geometry and p-adic differential equations form a dynamic nexus where number theory, algebraic geometry and p-adic analysis converge. This interdisciplinary field investigates the solutions ...