gcd of negative numbers

If g c d ( a , b ) = 13 gcd(a, b) = 13 , what is g c d ( a , b ) gcd(-a, -b) ?

13 1 Does not exist 0 -13

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Vilakshan Gupta
Mar 10, 2018

Since gcd \gcd means greatest common divisor, if we have gcd ( a , b ) = 13 \gcd(a,b)=13 , then gcd ( a , b ) \gcd(-a,-b) will be 13 \boxed{13} only because 13 13 is greater than all negative numbers.

For example if a = 13 a=13 and b = 26 b=26 , then we have gcd ( a , b ) = 13 \gcd(a,b)=13 and also gcd ( 13 , 26 ) = 13 \gcd(-13,-26)=13 .

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