Wednesday, July 6, 2016

divisibility - Prove gcd(a,b)=gcd(a,2a+b)



Call gcd(a,b)=d. Then d|a and d|b. And if c|a and c|b, then c|d.



It's simple to show that d is SOME divisor of a and 2a+b, since we already know d|a and d|b, so it divides the linear combination 2a+b. However, how can I show that d is the GREATEST common divisor of a and 2a+b?



Edit: Let e be some other common divisor of a and 2a+b. Do we know if it's true that e|b? If so, we're finished since anything that divides both a and b will also divide d, since d=gcd(a,b).


Answer



If x divides both a and 2a+b then x divides both a and b. Therefore x divides d, so xd.



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