Solution

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For integers not both zero, their greatest common divisor is the greatest positive integer dividing both. For the degenerate pair use the conventional value zero. A number divides both exactly when it divides both : one direction uses closure of divisibility under sums; the reverse subtracts . The positive common-divisor sets are therefore identical, proving
This also holds for under the stated convention and does not depend on the signs of the integers.
Bezout identity states that there exist integers such that . If a prime divides but does not divide , then , so choose with . Multiplying by gives . Both terms on the left are divisible by , so . Thus
which proves the Euclid lemma from the requested identity. The separately numbered entries use these arithmetic facts for the Fibonacci numbers.

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