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Past exam of the year 1 of the computer science course of the University of Oxford / 2003 / Calculus, probability, linear algebra, discrete mathematics, logic and proof, and models of computation / 6 / a / ii / Solution by

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The divisibility binary relation on positive natural numbers is not a Euclidean relation. With

x = 1

,

y = 2

,

z = 3

, we have

1 ∣ 2

and

1 ∣ 3

but

2 ∤ 3

. Therefore

∣ is not Euclidean .

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