Wednesday, 19 February 2014

elementary number theory - Help with indirect proof gcd(9k+4,2k+1)=1



Show: gcd(9k+4,2k+1)=1  kZ




Indirect proof.



If  1d=gcd(9k+4,2k+1) kZ,
then d has to be of the form 2m+1 for an integer m.



That somehow throws me back at the beginning.


Answer



Please excuse me for this messed up question,
but I've come up with an answer as compensation:



Just apply the Euclidean algorithm, and in 3 lines you get 1 as GCD.


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