Commensurable/Examples/16 and 12
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Example of Commensurability
The natural numbers $12$ and $16$ are commensurable.
Proof
$16$ and $12$ have common divisors $1$, $2$ and $4$.
Hence the result by definition of commensurable.
$\blacksquare$
Sources
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): commensurable
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): commensurable