Divides
an integer is divisible by another integer if there exists an integer such that . If this is all true we write .
Divisible iff Integer Quotient
Suppose that iff
Suppose that , then there is some such that therefore , and since then as needed.
n Factorial is Divisible by Its Factors
For any
therefore
so
therefore
Not Divisible iff Non-Integer Quotient
iff
By the fact that iff
1 Divides Everything
Suppose that , then
If something Divides One then it is One or Negative One
Suppose then
We have that but the only numbers in that have a multiplicative inverse are so must be one of those or else we have a contradiction.
If Zero Divides a Number, then that Number is Zero
Suppose then
By definition we have so
0 is Divisible by Everything
for any
In the definition of divides take , then we can see that thus we can say that
Everything Divides Itself
Let then
Clearly therefore
Division is Transitive
Suppose and then
We have that and therefore therefore by taking we see that
If you Divide a Number, then You Divide their Multiples
For any
Suppose that therefore there is such that , therefore multiply both sides to get and therefore as needed.
If it Divides it's Less than or Equal with Absolute Values
Suppose that
, such that
then if
divides , then
We see that for some , since then also we must have specifically note that so that we have so that
We have to specify because we know that everything divides zero, and therefore without that assumption we could use it to claim that since that which is clearly false.
Larger Absolute value Implies no Division
for any such that if then
If two Numbers Divide each other then Their Absolute Values are Equal
For any , if and then
If then because then this forces so that , also if we assumed the same thing occurs.
In the case that neither of then recall that if we have also since then also so that .
If a Number Divides another Then Given a Common Factor Their Quotients Divide Each Other
Suppose that such that and that is a common divisor of , then
Divisibility is a Partial Order on the Natural Numbers
Divisibility is a
partial order on
.
Note that we can't quite get a partial order because of the fact that .
Linearity of Division
Suppose that then where
For the base case of if and then we know that there are such that and so that .
For the induction step, assume the statement holds true for and we'll show that it holds true for so suppose that by the induction hypothesis we know that so we get some such that and also some such that and therefore so therefore
Even Number
We say that an integer is even if there is some such that
A power of an Even Number is Even
If is even, then for any we have is even
If is even then there is some such that and therefore so that is also even.
Odd Number
We say that an integer is odd if there is some such that
A power of an Even Number is Odd
If is odd, then for any we have is odd
Base case, set then which is odd. For the induction step assume it holds true for so that is odd, which means that there is some such that therefore but is odd so there is some such that and thus hence is prime so the statement follows from the principle of induction.
Product of Two Equal Factors means They are Square Roots
Suppose that then iff
suppose that then for sake of contradiction if then if then we see that which is impossible, on the other hand if then we see which yields the same contradiciton.
Now suppose that therefore therefore and so as needed, moreover in this case note that as well.
Product Implies Square Root bound on Factors
Suppose that and that where then
Suppose for the sake of contradiction that it was not true, so that we knew that
Suppose that
and
holds true, then
since
then if
we see that
which is a contradiction since we know that
, if it turns out that
and
it is handeled symetrically.
On the other hand if we know that and that , since then we know that , therefore more specifically we see that this implies that which is a contradiction. In the case of and it follows in a symmetrical manner.
Number To the Power m Minus 1 Divides Number To the Power n if m Divides n
Let then
We have that for some and we want to prove that for some , a good guess would be that which produces and so we have to get rid of the term, which inspires us to try which yields
As we've just run into the same problem as last time we see that adding would remove the most recent residue term, but then leave the new residue term . Therefore formally using induction we can show that where is really the residue term