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- adjective mathematics, of two or more positive integers Having
no positive integerfactors in common , aside from1 . - adjective mathematics, of a positive integer Having no positive integer factors, aside from 1, in common with one or more specified other positive integers.
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Examples
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Show that if a and b are coprime, and both a and b divides c, then ab divides c.
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Give an example to show that this may fail if a and b are not coprime.
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[[coprime]] ( '' k '' + 1) - tuple together with '' n ''.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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