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> I assume in China they don’t call it Chinese remainder theorem Apparently they are! “中国剩余定理” according to Wikipedia, where the first two letters mean China.
by DominikPeters 5y ago
> I assume in China they don’t call it Chinese remainder theorem
Apparently they are! “中国剩余定理” according to Wikipedia, where the first two letters mean China.
https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD%E5%89%A9%E4%BD%99%E5%AE%9A%E7%90%86 https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD%E5%89%A9%E4...
- arthur2e5 5y agoIn elementary school it was just 余数定理 without the Chinese. Well, academia sounding more foreign is normal here.