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Fibonacci gcd reduction (gcd(Fm​,Fn​)=gcd(Fm−n​,Fn​),m≥n)

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Consecutive Fibonacci numbers are coprime by the Euclidean algorithm. The Fibonacci addition formula writes Fm​=Fm−n​Fn+1​+Fm−n−1​Fn​ for m>n. Taking the greatest common divisor with Fn​ removes the last summand, and multiplication by the coprime factor Fn+1​ leaves that gcd unchanged. The case m=n uses F0​=0. Applying the Euclidean algorithm to the indices yields the strong-divisibility identity gcd(Fm​,Fn​)=Fgcd(m,n)​ for nonnegative indices, with the usual zero conventions.

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