Number theory MOC

Euler totient function

The Euler totient function is defined such that and is the number of positive integers less than or equal to relatively prime with 1, called the totient #m/def/num

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coprimes111,21,31,2,3,41,51,2,3,4,5,61,3,5,71,2,4,5,7,81,3,7,91,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,101,5,7,11
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Properties

  1. For any prime , .
Proof of 1.

Consider the set of size . The only elements which are not relatively prime to are those which are divisible by , of which there are , proving ^P1.


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Footnotes

  1. 2017, Contemporary Abstract Algebra, p. 83