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You can also enter the ifactor command and specify the integer to factor as
an argument.
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Maple has many other integer commands, including those listed in Table
3.1.
Table 3.1: Select Integer Commands
DescriptionCommand
absolute value (displays in 2-D math as )
abs
factorial (displays in 2-D math as )
factorial
factorizationifactor
greatest common divisorigcd
quotient of integer divisioniquo
remainder of integer divisionirem
integer approximation of nth rootiroot
test primalityisprime
integer approximation of square rootisqrt
maximum and minimum of a setmax, min
modular arithmetic (See Finite Rings and
Fields (page 75)
mod
set of positive divisorsnumtheory[divisors]
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