Thursday, 4 January 2024

1295D - Same GCDs

 1295D - Same GCDs



I had to see the tutorial to understand this.

$$ gcd(a, m) = gcd(a + x, m)$$

Now, using Euclid's algorithm, we can say that 

$$ gcd(a, b) = gcd(a - b, b)$$

So, in our case, that would be:

$$ gcd(a + x, m) = gcd(a + x - m, m) = gcd(a + x - 2 \times m, m) = ...  = gcd((a + x) \% m, m)$$

Now, in the problem it's given that $ 0 \leq x < m$, so we can say that $ a \leq a + x < a + m$, and therefore we can also say that $ 0 \leq (a + x)\%m < m$

So, we can assume $$ Y = (a + x)\%m $$

We can say:

$$ gcd(a, m) = gcd(a + x, m) = gcd(Y, m)$$

Let's say that $gcd(a, m) = G$

So $$ gcd(Y, m) =  G$$

This means that G can divide both Y, and m, and there are no further common divisors (besides 1) in Y and m. This means:

$$ gcd(Y / G, m / G) = 1$$

Now notice that the variable here is $Y/G$. We want it to be such that it's co-prime to $m/G$. Also notice that since $Y < m$, $Y/G < m/G$. Therefore the Euler's totient function is applicable here. More details on that : https://cp-algorithms.com/algebra/phi-function.html

So we just need to calculate the totient function for $m/G = m / gcd(a, m)$

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