Quotient

The term "quotient" is most commonly used to refer to the ratio of two quantities r and s, where .

Less commonly, the term quotient is also used to mean the integer part of such a ratio. In Mathematica, the command Quotient[r, s] is defined in this latter sense, returning


where is the floor function. This is sometimes called integer division.

Since usage concerning fractional part/value and integer part/value can be confusing, the following table gives a summary of names and notations used (D. W. Cantrell, pers. comm.). Here, S&O indicates Spanier and Oldham (1987).

notation name S&O Graham et al. Mathematica
ceiling function -- ceiling, least integer Ceiling[ x]
congruence -- -- Mod[ m, n]
floor function floor, greatest integer, integer part Floor[ x]
fractional value fractional part or no name
fractional part no name FractionalPart[ x]
integer part no name IntegerPart[ x]
nearest integer function -- -- Round[ x]
quotient -- -- Quotient[ m, n]

 

Ceiling Function, Division, Floor Function, Fraction, Integer Division, Integer Part, Nearest Integer, Polynomial Quotient, Quotient Group, Quotient Ring, Quotient Space, Ratio, Rational Number, Remainder