{"title":"The Euclidean Algorithm:","authors":"S. Mneimneh","doi":"10.2307/j.ctvc774cp.28","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"1 The greatest common divisor Consider two positive integers a0 > a1. The greatest common divisor of a0 and a1, denoted gcd(a0, a1) is the largest positive integer g such that g|a0 and g|a1, i.e. g divides both a0 and a1. Observation 1: The gcd(a0, a1) always exists. Observation 2 (Euclid): Let a0 = q1a1 + r where 0 ≤ r < a1 (note that this representation is always possible and unique), then gcd(a0, a1) = gcd(a1, r). The proof of this fact consists of showing that d|a0 and d|a1 ⇔ d|a1 and d|r.","PeriodicalId":365299,"journal":{"name":"How to Fall Slower Than Gravity","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2018-11-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"How to Fall Slower Than Gravity","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvc774cp.28","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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1 The greatest common divisor Consider two positive integers a0 > a1. The greatest common divisor of a0 and a1, denoted gcd(a0, a1) is the largest positive integer g such that g|a0 and g|a1, i.e. g divides both a0 and a1. Observation 1: The gcd(a0, a1) always exists. Observation 2 (Euclid): Let a0 = q1a1 + r where 0 ≤ r < a1 (note that this representation is always possible and unique), then gcd(a0, a1) = gcd(a1, r). The proof of this fact consists of showing that d|a0 and d|a1 ⇔ d|a1 and d|r.