Show that if n is any integer, then gcd.
I started out by letting d=\gcd(a,b) and p=\gcd(a+nb,b). I want to show that p=d.
So for integers q_{i} \in \mathbb{Z}, i=1,2,3,4,
a=dq_{1}
b=dq_{2}
a+nb=pq_{3}
b=pq_{4}.
Then nb = pq_{3}-a = pq_{3}-dq_{1}. So b=\frac{pq_{3}-dq_{1}}{n}. What if n=0?
Since the question says to show that if n is any integer, does the conclusion I reached imply that the statement is false or did I do something wrong?
It is obvious that \gcd(a+nb,b)=\gcd(a,b) if n=0 but then why do my equations above contradict that?
No comments:
Post a Comment