Definition:Coprime/Also known as

Coprime: Also known as

The statement $a$ and $b$ are coprime can also be expressed as:

$a$ and $b$ are relatively prime

$a$ and $b$ are mutually prime

$a$ is prime to $b$, and at the same time that $b$ is prime to $a$.

Sources

• 2014: Christopher Clapham and James Nicholson: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics (5th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): prime to each other
• 2014: Christopher Clapham and James Nicholson: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics (5th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): mutually prime
• 2014: Christopher Clapham and James Nicholson: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics (5th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): relatively prime