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Old 28-June-2009, 05:44 PM
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Originally Posted by cjameshuff View Post
No, that is indeed what I was using it to mean.
Then that should read "every positive integer has a unique representation as an infinite product of integer powers of all primes" right? You have to represent 1 as 20 * 30 * 50 * 70 * .... to make the uniqueness hold.
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