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Definition·D030

Divisibility

One number divides another when it fits in exactly, with no remainder.

for , with the multiplication. One writes for the negation, and calls a divisor of .
In words
d divides n exactly when n is d times some natural number.
Rests onno axioms yet
Never needed: F02 · F03 · F04 · F05 · F06 · F08 · F09 · F10 · F11 · F12 · F13 · F14 · A01 · A02 · A03 · A04 · A05 · A06 · A07 · A08 (computed from the citation graph, not asserted).

Remarks

Examples: with witness ; , as the division algorithm makes precise (remainder ). Two boundary cases are worth internalizing: every divides (witness ), while divides only ; and divides everything. The everyday algebra of divisibility is collected in L19; the numbers whose only divisors are forced ( and themselves) are the primes.

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