WEEK
7
M: Holiday.
W: Euclid's algorithm -- completion. Theorem on greatest common
divisors.
4.5. Theorem.
If a,b are integers then the gcd(a,b) exists and is unique.
4.6. Remark. Everything
goes through for polynomials.
PROBLEMS FOR DISCUSSIONS:
Book, p.101 Exercise 102 and p.102 Exercise 106, 107, 108,
109
F: Fundamental theorem of Arithmetic.
4.7. Proposition. If a
| b·c and a,b are relative primes then a | c
4.8. Proposition. If p
is a prime and a1, ..., an are integers and p | a1 · a2
· ··· · an then p divides at
least one
of the numbers a1, ... an
4.9. Corollary. If p,
p1, ..., pn are primes and p | p1 · p2
· ··· · pn then p =
pk for some k.
4.10. Theorem. Fundamental
Theorem of Arithmetic.
PROBLEMS FOR DISCUSSIONS:
No new problems. Finish the problems from the previous assignments.