With the standard Fibonacci numbers , , this identity holds for , . At it is immediate. If it holds for at every , apply it at and use to obtain , proving the assertion by mathematical induction. Taking gives for , linking the doubling formula to the Lucas numbers.
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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