True or False?
For any pair of relatively prime natural numbers and , there exist integers and such that
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Relevant wiki: Bezout's Identity
Bézout's Identity states that for any pair of integers m and n , there exist integers a and b such that a m + b n = g c d ( m , n ) . This is a special case.
The proof of Bézout's Identity involves considering the smallest integer d of the form a m + b n . First, using the division algorithm, show that d is a divisor of both m and n . Then, use the fact that d = a m + b n to argue that it is the greatest common divisor.