[ Funny how you have to see something in print before you recognize 
that it's wrong... :-/ ]

On 6/10/2014 1:42 PM I said:
> IANAM, so this is more of a "inclination by a mathematically
> challenged member" ...

Apparently true.

> The 'remainder' for two numbers 'a' & 'b' is 'x=a%b' with the sign of
> 'a' preserved in 'x'.  The 'modulus' OTOH, preserves the sign of 'b'.

Patently false.  That should have been 'x=a-((a%b)*b)' I'm afraid.

I'm still not sure if there is useful purpose (besides orthogonality) 
for a "remainder of complex numbers" operator.

-Chip-

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