/* gcd.c (greatest common divisor) */ /*********************************************************************** * This code is part of GLPK (GNU Linear Programming Kit). * Copyright (C) 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc. * Written by Andrew Makhorin . * * GLPK is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * GLPK is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY * or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public * License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with GLPK. If not, see . ***********************************************************************/ #include "env.h" #include "misc.h" /*********************************************************************** * NAME * * gcd - find greatest common divisor of two integers * * SYNOPSIS * * #include "misc.h" * int gcd(int x, int y); * * RETURNS * * The routine gcd returns gcd(x, y), the greatest common divisor of * the two positive integers given. * * ALGORITHM * * The routine gcd is based on Euclid's algorithm. * * REFERENCES * * Don Knuth, The Art of Computer Programming, Vol.2: Seminumerical * Algorithms, 3rd Edition, Addison-Wesley, 1997. Section 4.5.2: The * Greatest Common Divisor, pp. 333-56. */ int gcd(int x, int y) { int r; xassert(x > 0 && y > 0); while (y > 0) r = x % y, x = y, y = r; return x; } /*********************************************************************** * NAME * * gcdn - find greatest common divisor of n integers * * SYNOPSIS * * #include "misc.h" * int gcdn(int n, int x[]); * * RETURNS * * The routine gcdn returns gcd(x[1], x[2], ..., x[n]), the greatest * common divisor of n positive integers given, n > 0. * * BACKGROUND * * The routine gcdn is based on the following identity: * * gcd(x, y, z) = gcd(gcd(x, y), z). * * REFERENCES * * Don Knuth, The Art of Computer Programming, Vol.2: Seminumerical * Algorithms, 3rd Edition, Addison-Wesley, 1997. Section 4.5.2: The * Greatest Common Divisor, pp. 333-56. */ int gcdn(int n, int x[]) { int d, j; xassert(n > 0); for (j = 1; j <= n; j++) { xassert(x[j] > 0); if (j == 1) d = x[1]; else d = gcd(d, x[j]); if (d == 1) break; } return d; } /* eof */