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exactly divides (Definition)

Let $p$ be a prime, $m$ be a positive integer, and $n$ be an integer. Then $p^m$ exactly divides $n$ (denoted as $p^m \Vert n$ if $p^m$ divides $n$ and $p^{m+1}$ does not divide $n$




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See Also: divides, divisibility, strict divisibility

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AMS MSC11A51 (Number theory :: Elementary number theory :: Factorization; primality)

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