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Re: Four Properties of the Euler Phi Function

Subject: Re: Four Properties of the Euler Phi Function
From: Johann Wiesenbauer
Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 09:22:37 EDT
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> It's multiplicative only for coprime integers.
> phi(nm) = phi(n) phi(m) only when n,m are coprime.
> 

Actually, the meaning of "multiplicative" functions is restricted to coprime 
arguments, otherwise one uses the term "strongly multiplicative".

Johann

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