These sequences are similar because the
highest common factors of the two ([a.sub.0], [a.sub.1], u)'s, (0, 2, 3) and (0, 3, 9) respectively, are 1 and 3, giving a reduced alphabet-length of 3 in each case.
SPORTS minister Richard Caborn urged the racing and breeding industries to drive their education and training programmes towards "the
highest common factor, not the lowest denominator".
This is more powerful than the argument from illusion since it requires commitment to neither a
highest common factor in perception nor the transparency of the mental.
Once agencies have met the necessary condition of being able to service the client on a worldwide basis, they must endeavor to produce a creative solution that achieves the
highest common factor across the different markets, rather than the lowest common denominator.
Since Descartes we have been saddled with a view that populates the mind with "
highest common factors" that are common to veridical and nonveridical perception alike, namely, "qualia." In veridical perception they are taken to be appropriately caused, while in nonveridical perception the very same qualia occur, but are not taken to be caused in the appropriate ways.
