Chinese remainder theorem

English Etymology The earliest known formulation of the theorem was in the Chinese Sunzi Suanjing Sun Zi's Mathematical Manual 400 AD. Proper noun 1 en number theory A theorem stating that, if one knows the remainders of the Euclidean division of an integer n by several integers, then one can determine uniquely the remainder of the division of n by the product of these integers, under the condition that the divisors are pairwise coprime.