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<B>REMAINDER</B> _ _ _  _ _ _  _ _ _  _ _ _ <B>operator</B><P>
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The <em>remainder</em> operator returns the remainder after its first 
argument is divided by its second argument. 
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<em>remainder</em>(&lt;expression&gt;,&lt;expression&gt;) 
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&lt;expression&gt; can be any valid REDUCE polynomial, and is not limited 
to numeric values. 
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remainder(13,6); 

  1 


remainder(x**2 + 3*x + 2,x+1); 

  0  


remainder(x**3 + 12*x + 4,x**2 + 1); 


  11*X + 4 


remainder(sin(2*x),x*y); 

  SIN(2*X)

</TT></PRE><P>In the default case, remainders are calculated over the integers. 
If you 
need the remainder with respect to another domain, it must be declared 
explicitly. 
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If the first argument to <em>remainder</em> contains a denominator not equal to 

1, an error occurs. 
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