
Why does the Euclidean algorithm for finding GCD work?
Oct 3, 2019 · why the Euclidean algorithm for finding the GCD of two numbers always works by using a standard argument in number theory: showing that a problem is equivalent to the same problem for …
abstract algebra - How to calculate GCD of Gaussian integers ...
The Euclidean Algorithm: We just look at our particular problem, which is too small to give a full illustration of the process. The idea is to imitate the ordinary process of division with remainder.
Euclidean Algorithm vs Factorization - Mathematics Stack Exchange
Mar 25, 2015 · Can someone give me an explanation targeted to a high school student as to why finding thegcd of two numbers is faster using the euclidean algorithm compared to using factorization, there …
Extended Euclidean Algorithm: backward and forward form
Thus we see that using the extended Euclidean algorithm to compute the gcd Bezout equation yields one method of computing modular inverses (and fractions). See here & here for more examples of …
How to find the inverse modulo $m$? - Mathematics Stack Exchange
In fact, many factoring algorithms work by making educated guesses and then computing gcds by using the Euclidean Algorithm in the hope of getting a nontrivial factor that way, precisely because the …
Euclidean Algorithm for polynomials - Mathematics Stack Exchange
Oct 14, 2017 · I know how to use the extended euclidean algorithm for finding the GCD of integers but not polynomials. I can't really find any good explanations of it online. The question here is to find the …
Euclidean Algorithm : Confusion with how many divisions needed ...
Dec 5, 2016 · The question asks how many the divisions required to find $\gcd (34,55)$. I did it using the Euclidean Algorithm with the following result. $$55=1 \cdot 34+21$$ $$34=1 \cdot 21+13$$ $$21=1 …
How do you solve diophantine equations using euclidean algorithm?
Jun 11, 2017 · This arose from the OP's prior question.. As I showed there it has a one-line solution using Gauss's algorithm (here simpler than using the extended Euclidean algorithm).
abstract algebra - Division algorithm for multivariate polynomials ...
Aug 23, 2023 · But all Euclidean is not lost, since one can generalize the polynomial division algorithm in a way that recovers many of the important properties. For this, look up the Grobner basis algorithm, …
RSA and extended euclidian algorithm - Mathematics Stack Exchange
Apr 9, 2015 · The private key is thus $29$. This arguments is called "Extended Euclidean Algorithm" and works in general, but maybe it is worth to see at least once in a particular case.