totient

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtoʊʃənt/

Noun

totient (plural totients)

(mathematics) The number of positive integers not greater than a specified integer that are relatively prime to it.

Related terms

Euler's totient function

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