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Reading Questions 2.3 Reading Questions
1.
Use Sage to express
\(123456792\) as a product of prime numbers.
2.
Find the greatest common divisor of
\(84\) and
\(52\text{.}\)
3.
Find integers
\(r\) and
\(s\) so that
\(r(84)+s(52)=\gcd(84,52)\text{.}\)
4.
Explain the use of the term “induction hypothesis.”
5.
What is Goldbach’s Conjecture? And why is it called a “conjecture”?
