Fibonacci gcd reduction
ID: fibonacci-gcd-reduction
Consecutive Fibonacci numbers are coprime by the Euclidean algorithm. The Fibonacci addition formula writes for . Taking the greatest common divisor with removes the last summand, and multiplication by the coprime factor leaves that gcd unchanged. The case uses . Applying the Euclidean algorithm to the indices yields the strong-divisibility identity for nonnegative indices, with the usual zero conventions.
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