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Invariants & Monovariants · Superchallenge problem

Start with the pair (2,1)(2, 1). A move replaces (a,b)(a, b) with (a+b,b)(a + b, b) or (a,a+b)(a, a + b). What is gcd⁡(m,n)\gcd(m, n) for EVERY pair (m,n)(m, n) reachable this way?