Let ro, r1, r2, . .. (where ro = b) be the successive remainders in the Euclidean algorithm applied to find gcd(a, b). (a) Show that every two steps reduces the remainder by at least one half. In...

Let ro, r1, r2, . .. (where ro = b) be the successive remainders in the Euclidean algorithm applied to<br>find gcd(a, b).<br>(a) Show that every two steps reduces the remainder by at least one half. In other words, show that<br>1<br>for every i = 0, 1, 2, ...<br>Ti+2 <<br>(b) Show that the Euclidean algorithm will terminate in at most 2 log2 (b) steps. In particular, the<br>number of steps is at most 6.65 times the number of digits in b.<br>

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Let ro, r1, r2, . .. (where ro = b) be the successive remainders in the Euclidean algorithm applied to find gcd(a, b). (a) Show that every two steps reduces the remainder by at least one half. In...

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