Understanding z3 bvsmod behavior with SSA - z3

Question

I am trying to learn using z3. So this question might be silly.
Why do I get a unexpected values for x___0 from Z3 when I use bvsmod as compared to bvadd in the following code. I'm using SSA to implement execution flow here.
Z3 instructions:
(set-option :pp.bv-literals false)
;
; The code
; x %= 5
; x * 2 == 8
; Implement SSA
; x1 = x0 % 5
; x1 * 2 == 8
;
(push)
(set-info :status unknown)
(declare-const x___0 (_ BitVec 32))
(declare-const x___1 (_ BitVec 32))
(assert (= x___1 (bvsmod x___0 (_ bv5 32))))
(assert (= (bvmul x___1 (_ bv2 32)) (_ bv8 32)))
(check-sat)
(get-model)
(pop)
;
; The code
; x += 1
; x * 2 == 8
; Implement SSA
; x1 = x0 + 1
; x1 * 2 == 8
;
(push)
(declare-const x___0 (_ BitVec 32))
(declare-const x___1 (_ BitVec 32))
(assert (= x___1 (bvadd x___0 (_ bv1 32))))
(assert (= (bvmul x___1 (_ bv2 32)) (_ bv8 32)))
(check-sat)
(get-model)
(pop)
Results:
sat
(model
(define-fun x___1 () (_ BitVec 32)
(_ bv4 32))
(define-fun x___0 () (_ BitVec 32)
(_ bv3720040335 32))
)
sat
(model
(define-fun x___1 () (_ BitVec 32)
(_ bv4 32))
(define-fun x___0 () (_ BitVec 32)
(_ bv3 32))
)
In case of equation where I use bvadd x___0 get a value 3, which makes sense.
Why do I get a value 3720040335 in case of bvsmod, which is no where near the expected value i.e. some value ending with 4?

Answer 1

There's nothing wrong with the value you are getting. Your encoding is just fine.
Notice that you are using 32-bit signed integers (implicitly implied by the call to bvsmod.) The model returned gives you the value 32-bit bit-vector value whose decimal equivalent is 3720040335. When interpreted as a signed-value, this is actually -574926961, and you can verify (-574926961) % 5 indeed equals 4 as you requested.
Note that the solver is free to give you any model that satisfies your constraints. If you want a more specific value, you'll need to add additional constraints to encode what "simple" should formally mean.

Answer 2

If you want to write the formula like that, you need quantifiers.
I suggest you use SMT expressions instead; sharing will happen for free.
write e.g.:
(assert (= (bvmul (bvadd x___0 (_ bv1 32)) (_ bv2 32)) (_ bv8 32)))
If you need the intermediate values, you can always later do an (eval ...)