Introduction to Algorithms
Introduction to Algorithms
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ISBN: 9780262033848
Author: Thomas H. Cormen, Ronald L. Rivest, Charles E. Leiserson, Clifford Stein
Publisher: MIT Press
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Chapter 31.2, Problem 3E
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To demonstrate that (a,k,n),

  gcd(a,n)=gcd(a+kn,n).

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