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For [[prime]] <math> p </math>, <math>\phi(p)=p-1</math>, because all numbers less than <math> p </math> are relatively prime to it.
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For [[prime]] p, <math>\phi(p)=p-1</math>, because all numbers less than p are relatively prime to it.
 
 
For relatively prime <math>a, b</math>, <math> \phi(a)\phi(b) = \phi(ab) </math>.
 
  
 
=== Other Names ===
 
=== Other Names ===

Revision as of 13:34, 18 June 2006

Euler's phi function determines the number of integers less than a given positive integer that are relatively prime to that integer.

Formulas

Given the prime factorization of $n = p_1^{a_1}p_2^{a_2} \cdots p_n^{a_n}$, then one formula for $\phi(n)$ is: $\phi(n) = n(1-\frac{1}{p_1})(1-\frac{1}{p_2}) \cdots (1-\frac{1}{p_n})$

Identities

For prime p, $\phi(p)=p-1$, because all numbers less than p are relatively prime to it.

Other Names

  • Totient Function
  • Euler's Totient Function