Problem #WSP-5316

Problems Number Theory Divisibility

Problem

Let \(\phi(n)\) be Euler’s function. Namely \(\phi(n)\) counts how many integers from \(1\) to \(n\) inclusive are coprime with \(n\). For two natural numbers \(m\), \(n\) such that \(\gcd(m,n)=1\), prove that \(\phi(mn) = \phi(m)\phi(n)\).