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common divisor

NOUN
  1. an integer that divides two (or more) other integers evenly

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  • If there are several flights that depart from one airport then the greatest common divisor of their flight numbers should be equal to 1.
  • Demonstrations of general theorems; contracted method of division and of finding the highest common divisor of polynominals; theory of indices and radicals; discussion of equations; mathematical infinity, infinitesimals and indeterminate quantities; summation and interpolation of series; theory of logarithms; binomial, multinomial and exponential theorems; theory of probabilities general theory and solution of equations of the higher orders; symbolical representation and properties of numbers; different systems of notation, etc., constituting the philosophy of Arithmetic. A Catalogue of the Officers and Students of The Furman University, for 1860-'61
  • Two positive integers always have a greatest common divisor, even if they have only one common divisor, 1.
  • Euclid's Elements is full of algorithms for geometry, including one to find the greatest common divisor of two numbers.
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