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prime element

[′prīm ′el·ə·mənt]
(mathematics)
A member of an integral domain that is not a unit and is not the product of two members that are not units. Also known as prime.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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Let [beta], [gamma] be two prime elements in Z[i] and [eta] = [beta].[gamma], then [PHI]([eta]) = [PHI]([beta]).
Since is a prime element, we have that b = [b.sub.1] [conjunction] [b.sub.2] [not less than or equal to] a.
As a result, vegetation was the prime element contributing to the experience of the garden.
Mr Evans, the prime element in Lord Joffe's Bill will change the role of doctors in the treatment of patients.
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But this relative obscurity is undeserved, considering that the prime element of the decoration consists of a highly ambitious series of nine large-scale marble reliefs by several of the leading figures in Venetian Cinquecento sculpture, including Tullio and Antonio Lombardo, Jacopo Sansovino, Danese Cattaneo and Girolamo Campagna.
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