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Bug introduced in 9.0 or earlier and fixed in 10.4

The following code using PiecewiseExpandand Modgives the wrong answer 

PiecewiseExpand[Mod[n, m], m > 0, Integers]

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tested in Mathematica v 10.2.0 Windows 7 64 and partially discussed on early version of this question.

Wolfram Technical Support case identification : [CASE:3442254]

Can anybody reproduce this problem in other systems?

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    $\begingroup$ V9.0.1 on Win32 shows the same result $\endgroup$ – Dr. belisarius Oct 9 '15 at 16:01
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    $\begingroup$ V10.0.2, Mac OS X 10.10.5 shows the same problem. $\endgroup$ – march Oct 9 '15 at 16:07
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    $\begingroup$ Problem is repeatable on Mac OS X 10.11 with Mathematica version 10.2 $\endgroup$ – Bob Hanlon Oct 9 '15 at 16:35
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    $\begingroup$ With v 10.2, $Assumptions = m > 0 && Element[{n, m}, Integers]; PiecewiseExpand[Mod[n, m]] returns Mod[n, m] $\endgroup$ – Bob Hanlon Oct 9 '15 at 16:39
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As indicated in the header, this bug has been fixed as of Mathematica 10.4.0:

$Version                                                                

(* 10.4.0 for Linux x86 (64-bit) (February 26, 2016) *)

PiecewiseExpand[Mod[n, m], m > 0, Integers]                             

(* Mod[n, m] *)
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