Description

The greatest common divisor gives the greatest number in a ring that dives two numbers. But more importantly it allows us to define what Coprime Numbers are.

Definition

Let be a Ring where . We say an element is the greatest common divisor (in short gcd) of , if

  1. for
  2. If where for , then

Note: The greatest common divisor is only unique up to units.

Examples

Natural numbers

Special powers

Let and , then: Dieses Satz gibt eine Möglichkeit für spezielle große Zahlen den ggT schnell zu berechnen.