Problem 50182. Compute the Euler totient function

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<div style = "text-align: start; line-height: 20.4333px; min-height: 0px; white-space: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, monospace; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: normal; "><div style="block-size: 123px; display: block; min-width: 0px; padding-block-start: 0px; padding-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 407px 61.5px; transform-origin: 407px 61.5px; vertical-align: baseline; "><div style="block-size: 63px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin-block-end: 9px; margin-block-start: 2px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-inline-end: 10px; margin-inline-start: 4px; margin-left: 4px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 2px; perspective-origin: 384px 31.5px; text-align: left; transform-origin: 384px 31.5px; white-space: pre-wrap; margin-left: 4px; margin-top: 2px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-right: 10px; "><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 79.7333px 7.91667px; transform-origin: 79.7333px 7.91667px; unicode-bidi: normal; ">The Euler totient function <img src="data:image/png;base64,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" alt="phi(n)" style="width: 31.5px; height: 19px;" width="31.5" height="19"><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 132.25px 7.91667px; transform-origin: 132.25px 7.91667px; unicode-bidi: normal; "> gives the number of integers smaller than n<span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 84.4px 7.91667px; transform-origin: 84.4px 7.91667px; unicode-bidi: normal; "> that are relatively prime to n<span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 61.3667px 7.91667px; transform-origin: 61.3667px 7.91667px; unicode-bidi: normal; ">---that is, that share no common factors with n<span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 85.95px 7.91667px; transform-origin: 85.95px 7.91667px; unicode-bidi: normal; "> other than 1. For example, <img src="data:image/png;base64,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" alt="phi(12) = 4" style="width: 65px; height: 19px;" width="65" height="19"><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 175.283px 7.91667px; transform-origin: 175.283px 7.91667px; unicode-bidi: normal; "> because 1, 5, 7, and 11 share no common factors other than 1. If p<span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 77.0083px 7.91667px; transform-origin: 77.0083px 7.91667px; unicode-bidi: normal; "> is a prime number, then <img src="data:image/png;base64,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" alt="phi(p) = p-1" style="width: 85px; height: 19px;" width="85" height="19"><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 108.533px 7.91667px; transform-origin: 108.533px 7.91667px; unicode-bidi: normal; "> because all numbers smaller than p<span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 70.7917px 7.91667px; transform-origin: 70.7917px 7.91667px; unicode-bidi: normal; "> are relatively prime to p<span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 1.94167px 7.91667px; transform-origin: 1.94167px 7.91667px; unicode-bidi: normal; ">.</div><div style="block-size: 21px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin-block-end: 9px; margin-block-start: 2px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-inline-end: 10px; margin-inline-start: 4px; margin-left: 4px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 2px; perspective-origin: 384px 10.5px; text-align: left; transform-origin: 384px 10.5px; white-space: pre-wrap; margin-left: 4px; margin-top: 2px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-right: 10px; "><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 166.333px 7.91667px; transform-origin: 166.333px 7.91667px; unicode-bidi: normal; ">Write a function to compute the Euler totient function. </div><div style="block-size: 21px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin-block-end: 9px; margin-block-start: 2px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-inline-end: 10px; margin-inline-start: 4px; margin-left: 4px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 2px; perspective-origin: 384px 10.5px; text-align: left; transform-origin: 384px 10.5px; white-space: pre-wrap; margin-left: 4px; margin-top: 2px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-right: 10px; "><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 73.5083px 7.91667px; transform-origin: 73.5083px 7.91667px; unicode-bidi: normal; ">Note: I now realize that <a target='_blank' href = "https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/cody/problems/656">Cody Problem 656</a><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 174.517px 7.91667px; transform-origin: 174.517px 7.91667px; unicode-bidi: normal; "> also deals with the totient function. Apologies to Freddy.</div></div></div>

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