• In mathematics, the greatest common divisor (GCD), also known as greatest common factor (GCF), of two or more integers, which are not all zero, is the...
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  • In algebra, the greatest common divisor (frequently abbreviated as GCD) of two polynomials is a polynomial, of the highest possible degree, that is a...
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    several ways to compute least common multiples. The least common multiple can be computed from the greatest common divisor (gcd) with the formula lcm ⁡...
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  • following theorem: Bézout's identity — Let a and b be integers with greatest common divisor d. Then there exist integers x and y such that ax + by = d. Moreover...
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  • extension to the Euclidean algorithm, and computes, in addition to the greatest common divisor (gcd) of integers a and b, also the coefficients of Bézout's identity...
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    or Euclid's algorithm, is an efficient method for computing the greatest common divisor (GCD) of two integers (numbers), the largest number that divides...
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    properties such as the existence of a Euclidean algorithm for computing greatest common divisors, Bézout's identity, the principal ideal property, Euclid's lemma...
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    In mathematics, a divisor of an integer n , {\displaystyle n,} also called a factor of n , {\displaystyle n,} is an integer m {\displaystyle m} that may...
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  • lowest common multiple of the denominators of a set of fractions Greatest common divisor, the largest positive integer that divides each of the integers...
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  • particularly ring theory, maximal common divisors are an abstraction of the number theory concept of greatest common divisor (GCD). This definition is slightly...
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    quotients of a and b (respectively) by the greatest common divisor of a and b. Proof: If d is this greatest common divisor, Bézout's identity asserts the existence...
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  • expressing this fact in mathematical notation is to indicate that their greatest common divisor is one, by the formula gcd(a, b) = 1 or (a, b) = 1. In their 1989...
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  • polynomial with integer coefficients is primitive if it has 1 as a greatest common divisor of its coefficients.) A corollary of Gauss's lemma, sometimes also...
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  • phrase least common divisor is a confusion of the following two distinct concepts in arithmetic: Least common multiple Greatest common divisor This disambiguation...
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  • if and only if a and b are coprime, that is, if a and b have a greatest common divisor of 1. In higher mathematics, "irreducible fraction" may also refer...
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    concerning integers, such as the Euclidean algorithm for finding the greatest common divisor of two integers, and modular arithmetic, for which only remainders...
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  • the largest possible number of people. Anomalous cancellation Greatest common divisor Partial fraction decomposition, reverses the process of adding...
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    binary Euclidean algorithm, is an algorithm that computes the greatest common divisor (GCD) of two nonnegative integers. Stein's algorithm uses simpler...
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    implemented recursively. The Euclidean algorithm, which computes the greatest common divisor of two integers, can be written recursively. Function definition:...
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  • generally, with coefficients in a unique factorization domain) is the greatest common divisor of its coefficients. The primitive part of such a polynomial is...
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    CA]. Tomas Garcia, Rogelio (August 2020). "Equalities between greatest common divisors involving three coprime pairs" (PDF). Notes on Number Theory and...
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    the number of integers k in the range 1 ≤ k ≤ n for which the greatest common divisor gcd(n, k) is equal to 1. The integers k of this form are sometimes...
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  • dc (desk calculator) is a cross-platform reverse-Polish calculator which supports arbitrary-precision arithmetic. It was written by Lorinda Cherry and...
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    provide a geometrical method to determine the least common multiple and the greatest common divisor of two natural numbers by making use of reflections...
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    factorization domains (UFD). Greatest common divisors exist in UFDs, but not every integral domain in which greatest common divisors exist (known as a GCD domain)...
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  • greatest common divisor (although it may not be possible to find it using the Euclidean algorithm). If x and y are elements of a PID without common divisors...
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  • generalization of both Euclid's algorithm for computing polynomial greatest common divisors, and Gaussian elimination for linear systems. Gröbner bases were...
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    numbers, while its greatest element is 0, which is divisible by all natural numbers. The meet operation is greatest common divisor while the join operation...
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  • . Compute K = gcd ( a , N ) {\displaystyle K=\gcd(a,N)} , the greatest common divisor of a {\displaystyle a} and N {\displaystyle N} . If K ≠ 1 {\displaystyle...
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  • those of f, and the greatest common divisor of two polynomials is independent of the ambient field, so the greatest common divisor of f and f′ has coefficients...
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