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The greatest common divisor of two integers is the largest integer that divides them both. | The greatest common divisor of two integers is the largest integer that divides them both. | ||
If numbers are 121 and 143 then greatest common divisor is 11. | If numbers are 121 and 143 then greatest common divisor is 11. | ||
Revision as of 17:15, 11 March 2015
The greatest common divisor of two integers is the largest integer that divides them both. If numbers are 121 and 143 then greatest common divisor is 11.
There are many methods to calculate this. For example, the division-based Euclidean algorithm version may be programmed
Function GreatestCommonDivisor
function GreatestCommonDivisor(a, b: Int64): Int64;
var
temp: Int64;
begin
while b <> 0 do
begin
temp := b;
b := a mod b;
a := temp
end;
result := a
end;