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(**) Calculate Euler's totient function phi(m).

Euler's so-called totient function phi(m) is defined as the number of positive integers r (1 <= r < m) that are coprime to m.

totient 1 = 1
totient a = length $ filter (coprime a) [1..a-1]
 where coprime a b = gcd a b == 1

We take coprime from the previous exercise and give it to filter, which applies it to each element of a list from 1 to one less than the number, returning only those that are true. length tells us how many elements are in the resulting list, and thus how many elements are coprime to n