NoCommonFactor Parameters |
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NoCommonFactor parameters allow you to access numbers which do not share a common factor. There are two ways of using this parameter type.
$p=nocommonfactor(number)
This will return a number less than "number" which shares no common factors.
Example:
$p=nocommonfactor(12) $p will be chosen from the set {1,5,7,11}.
More commonly, you will set a low and high value for the returning number.
$p=nocommonfactor(number,low,high)
Notes:
Example:
$p=nocommonfactor(12,10,36) $p will be chosen from the set {11,13,17,19,23,25,29,31,35}.
The most common reason for using a nocommonfactor parameter is to create numerators for fractions which cannot be simplified. For example, if you use $p=nocommonfactor(12) then the fraction $p/12 will NEVER be able to be simplified (it will be 1/12, 5/12, 7/12 or 11/12.) |