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Commutative Ring Theory/Greatest common divisors
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divisor Let be a ring, and let . A divisor of is an element such that there exists such that . The notation indicates that is a divisor of
greatest common divisor Let be a commutative ring, and let . A greatest common divisor is an element such that for all , and such that for any other element such that for all , we have .
coprime Let be a commutative ring, and let . These elements are said to be coprime if and only if whenever is such that for all , then .
a set of elements of a commutative ring divided by their greatest common divisor is coprime Let