PRIMITIVE VECTORS AND SLn KEITH CONRAD An n-tuple [a1 , . . . , an ] ∈ Zn is called primitive when its coordinates are relatively prime as an n-tuple. For instance, [6, 10, 15] is a primitive vector in Z3 : even though

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Date: 2010-08-09 04:32:36		PRIMITIVE VECTORS AND SLn KEITH CONRAD An n-tuple [a1 , . . . , an ] ∈ Zn is called primitive when its coordinates are relatively prime as an n-tuple. For instance, [6, 10, 15] is a primitive vector in Z3 : even though Add to Reading List Source URL: www.math.uconn.edu Download Document from Source Website File Size: 212,85 KB Share Document on Facebook