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**:Mentioned ambiguity of "(''a'', ''b'')" notation, and swapped order of last two sentences in paragraph for better flow. [[User:Proteins|Proteins]] ([[User talk:Proteins|talk]]) 10:10, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

**::Eh, better, but instead of "although the simpler notation is also used for unrelated mathematical objects, such as two-dimensional vectors." how about "although the latter notation is also used for various other mathematical concepts, such as two-dimensional [[vector]]s."

**:::That's a good suggestion! I followed your wording more-or-less exactly. [[User:Proteins|Proteins]] ([[User talk:Proteins|talk]]) 02:29, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

**<s>"neither 6 = 2×3 nor 35 = 5×7 is a prime number, since they both have two prime factors" I think it may be a tad confusing to include the prime factorization at first; perhaps this should be added later: "neither 6 nor 35 is a prime number, since they both have two prime factors: 6 = 2x3 and 35 = 5x7." or something like that.</s> Also, shouldn't it be "neither 6 nor 35 '''are''' prime number'''s'''" ?

**:Excellent suggestion for the rewording. [[User:Proteins|Proteins]] ([[User talk:Proteins|talk]]) 09:59, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

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**:The "magnitude" wording also covers versions of the algorithm when the remainder can be negative. For example, -37628 < 4, but 4 has a smaller magnitude. [[User:Proteins|Proteins]] ([[User talk:Proteins|talk]]) 16:58, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

**::True. I wonder if using absolute value notation |r_k| would be better. Up to you. In any case, magnitude or absolute value should be linked to avoid confusion for math noobs. --'''[[User:Cryptic C62|Cryptic C62]] · [[User talk: Cryptic C62|Talk]]''' 18:04, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

**:::Another good idea, which I followed. [[User:Proteins|Proteins]] ([[User talk:Proteins|talk]]) 02:29, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

**<s>"Euclid finds the quotient and remainder by repeated subtraction" Last time I checked, Euclid is dead. Past tense, perhaps?</s>

**:Perhaps passive voice, instead. [[User:Proteins|Proteins]] ([[User talk:Proteins|talk]]) 16:58, 5 May 2009 (UTC)