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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Oxford 2021 Prelims Mathematics IV resit 7 b ii Solution by
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Back-substitute in the Euclidean algorithm to obtain an integer linear combination:Multiplying by gives the particular solution of the linear Diophantine equation. Subtracting it from any other solution and dividing by givesThe integers and are coprime, so divides . Writing forces . Conversely these expressions satisfy the original equation for every integer . Thus all solutions of a linear Diophantine equation here are
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