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by nullc 702 days ago
I think not, because in the y=0 case the only sensible r is x, because remove the mod 0 subset you have the unmodified set of integers itself-- the remainder can only sensibly be an identity in that case.
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> in the y=0 case the only sensible r is x

No, x is an utterly non-sensible value of r.

> remove the mod 0 subset you have the unmodified set of integers itself-- the remainder can only sensibly be an identity in that case.

What are you talking about? There are no possible remainders mod 0 (just as there is one possible remainder mod 1 and there are 2 possible remainders mod 2) and there is no sensible definition of the remainder function; defining it to be identity is no less silly than defining it to be, IDK, 7.