Is there a standard way to typeset the modulus operator (as in arithmetic remainder)? The percent sign (%) is often used by programming languages and mathematicians tend to use mod, but because of the romanization of mod, this notation can be confusing when used inline with text as in
So long as T mod n = 0 (i.e., the quantity is an integral multiple of n)...
I am currently using $T\mod{}n=0$, which places more space between the first argument and mod than between mod and the second argument.
{}, just leave a space. For inline re-writing the sentenece and using "remainder" will read better. If the remainder ofT/n = 0 .... – Yiannis Lazarides Jan 30 '12 at 22:37\modis defined byamsmathand it has an argument. But it's intended for things like$a\equiv b\mod{n}$, not for denoting the "remainder" operation. It's the "unparenthesized" version of\pmod, which is more commonly used. – egreg Jan 30 '12 at 23:02