cyclic number

English

Noun

cyclic number (plural cyclic numbers)

Examples
  • 142857 × 1 = 142857
    142857 × 2 = 285714
    142857 × 3 = 428571
    142857 × 4 = 571428
    142857 × 5 = 714285
    142857 × 6 = 857142
  1. (mathematics) An integer for which cyclic permutations of the digits are successive integer multiples of the number.
  2. (group theory) A natural number n such that n and φ(n) (that is, Euler's totient function) are coprime.

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