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37.3.1 Divisibility and Factors

37.3 First Steps in Number Theory: Divisibility, Congruence, and Primes

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37.3.1 Divisibility and Factors

Core idea

If a can be split evenly into parts of size b, we say b divides a, written b∣a, with remainder zero.

Module goal. Starting from divisibility and remainders among the integers, meet the prime numbers as building blocks and congruence as a clock arithmetic, and feel the beauty of pure structure.
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