 Division by an additively indecomposable ordinal (source code)

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= Division by an additively indecomposable ordinal

For every ordinal $\gamma$ and $\lambda=\omega^\alpha$, there are unique ordinals $\beta,\delta$ such that
$$
\gamma=\lambda\beta+\delta,
\qquad \delta<\lambda.
$$
Choose the greatest initial multiple $\lambda\beta\leq\gamma$; if its remainder were at least $\lambda$, the next multiple would still fit. Uniqueness follows because every remainder below $\lambda$ lies before $\lambda(\beta+1)$.

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