How many integers between 1 and 2000 inclusive share no common factors with 2001?
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Solution
Two integers are said to be relatively prime if they share no common factors, that is if there is no integer greater than 1 that divides evenly into both of them. Note that 1 is relatively prime to all integers. Let \varphi(n)bethenumberofintegerslessthannthatarerelativelyprimeton.Sinceφ(mn)=φ(m)φ(n) for m and n relatively prime, we have \varphi(2001)=\varphi(3 \cdot 23 \cdot 29)=(3-1)(23-1)(29-1)=1232$.
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