Sunday, 23 July 2017

Euclide arithmetic, divisibility



If a1,,an are non zero integers, prove that if d divides ai, for i=1,,n, then d divides a1++an.



I can see that if it divides each term individually it will divide the sum, but I don't know how to prove it.


Answer



Here is a fundamental and generalization rule of your thoughts:





If c divides a and b, then it divides any linear combination
ax+by for any integers x,y.




The proof of this statement goes as follows:




from the definition of divisibility a=ck for some integer k, implying that ax=cK,K=xk.

Similarly, by=cR for some integer R. Adding these two equations,
ax+by=c(R+K). We know that (R+K) is an integer, let us write it
P. Thus ax+by=cP implying that c divides a+b.




Now you can use this fact to prove your statement with x,y=1, can't you?


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