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Proof Writing & Problem SolvingSuperchallenge

Proof Writing & Problem Solving · Superchallenge problem

The Euclidean algorithm on a pair a>b>0a > b > 0 repeatedly replaces (a,b)(a, b) by (b,r)(b, r), where rr is the remainder of aa divided by bb, stopping when a remainder is 00; each division counts as one step. What is the smallest aa for which some b<ab < a makes the algorithm take exactly 1010 steps?

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