, where q is an integer that is negative only if
is negative and positive only if
is positive, and whose magnitude is as large as possible without exceeding the magnitude of the true mathematical quotient of value1 and value2.
Notes
The IEEE 754 remainder operation may be computed by the Java library routine Math.IEEEremainder.
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