English Explanatory Dictionary

totient

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The number of positive integers not greater than a specified integer that are relatively prime to it.

Pronunciation

/ˈtoʊʃənt/

Word forms

totient totients

Etymology

From Latin totiēns (“so many times, so often”). Coined by English mathematician James Joseph Sylvester in 1879.

Related words

Euler's totient function
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