Did Euclid Need the Euclidean Algorithm to Prove Unique Factorization?

DOI10.2307/27641888zbMath1209.11002OpenAlexW4250484162MaRDI QIDQ5440568

Fred Richman, David J. Pengelley

Publication date: 5 February 2008

Published in: The American Mathematical Monthly (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.2307/27641888

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of number theory (11-03) Factorization; primality (11A51) History of Greek and Roman mathematics (01A20)

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