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gcd

Greatest Common Divisor

Calling Sequence

[pgcd, U]=gcd(p)

Arguments

p

a polynomial row vector p=[p1, ..., pn] or an integer row vector (type equal to 8).

Description

[pgcd, U]=gcd(p) computes the gcd of components of p (pgcd) and an unimodular matrix (with polynomial inverse) U, with minimal degree such that

p*U=[0 ... 0 pgcd].

In mathematics, an unimodular matrix U is a square integer matrix having determinant +1 or -1.

Examples

//polynomial case
s=poly(0,'s');
p=[s,s*(s+1)^2,2*s^2+s^3];
[pgcd,u]=gcd(p);
p*u

//integer case
V=int32([2^2*3^5, 2^3*3^2,2^2*3^4*5]);
[thegcd,U]=gcd(V)
V*U

gcd([15 20])

gcd(uint8([15 20]))

gcd([iconvert(15,4) iconvert(20,4)])

gcd(iconvert([15 20],4))

See Also

  • bezout — Bezout equation for polynomials or integers
  • lcm — least common multiple
  • hermit — Hermite form
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