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# Division: integer and modulo

**Modulo division: `a / b`**

`a * b = 1   --> a/b = 1` 

* Multiplication by the inverse modulo p
* Or, multiplication by the multiplicative inverse 

**Integer Division: `a \ b`**

* Returns **quotient** of the integer division