Proposition: 7.30: Euclidean Lemma

(Proposition 30 from Book 7 of Euclid's “Elements”)

If two numbers make some (number by) multiplying one another, and some prime number measures the number (so) created from them, then it will also measure one of the original (numbers). * For let two numbers $A$ and $B$ make $C$ (by) multiplying one another, and let some prime number $D$ measure $C$. * I say that $D$ measures one of $A$ and $B$.

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Modern Formulation

see generalized Euclidean lemma.

Proofs: 1

Proofs: 1


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  1. Fitzpatrick, Richard: Euclid's "Elements of Geometry"

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  1. Prime.mover and others: "Pr∞fWiki", https://proofwiki.org/wiki/Main_Page, 2016