Greatest Common Divisor (Greatest Common Divisor)

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Description

Let $a_1, \ldots, a_n$ be given nonzero integers. Then $g$ is called the greatest common divisor (GCD) of $a_1, \ldots, a_n$ if and only if it is the largest integer that divides all $a_1, \ldots, a_n$.

Parameters

n: number of integers

Table of Algorithms

Name Year Time Space Approximation Factor Model Reference
Euclid's algorithm -300 $O(n^{2})$ $O(n)$ Exact Deterministic
Lehmer's GCD algorithm 1940 $O(n^{2})$ $O(n)$ Exact Deterministic
Binary GCD algorithm 1967 $O(n^{2})$ $O(n)$ Exact Deterministic Time
Sthele, Zimmermann 2006 $O(n log^{2} n log log n)$ $O(n)$?? Exact Deterministic Time

Time Complexity graph

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Space Complexity graph

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Pareto Decades graph

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