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A general test for divisibility by primes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 September 2016

Jonathan Weitsman*
Affiliation:
2708 Sandy Circle, College Station, Texas 77840, U.S.A.

Extract

Prior to the advent of the calculator, divisibility tests were often studied and utilised. Some of these tests were simple and easily remembered; others, more cumbersome and rarely utilised in either practical or theoretical work. The purpose of this article is to present a simple and general test for divisibility which is of applicable and theoretical interest.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Mathematical Association 1980

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