gcd definition

2001-12-16 Thread S.D.Mechveliani
Simon Peyton-Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes > [..] > If someone could write a sentence or two to explain why gcd 0 0 = 0, > (ideally, brief ones I can put in the report by way of explanation), > I think that might help those of us who have not followed the details > of the discussion. Here

gcd definition, apology for mistake

1996-11-09 Thread S.D.Mechveliani
Dear all, I am very sorry for something like misprinting tragically in the classic gcd definition. I had written " gcd(a,b) is the *greatest* by inclusion ideal (d) among the ones with the property of (d) = {x*d | x <- R} to be *contained inside*