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(** * Zgcd_alt : an alternate version of Z.gcd, based on Euclid's algorithm *)
(** Author: Pierre Letouzey *)
(** The alternate [Zgcd_alt] given here used to be the main [Z.gcd] function (see file [Znumtheory]), but this main [Z.gcd] is now based on a modern binary-efficient algorithm. This earlier version, based on Euclid's algorithm of iterated modulo, is kept here due to both its intrinsic interest and its use as reference point when proving gcd on Int31 numbers *)
Open Scope Z_scope.
(** In Coq, we need to control the number of iteration of modulo. For that, we use an explicit measure in [nat], and we prove later that using [2*d] is enough, where [d] is the number of binary digits of the first argument. *)
Fixpoint Zgcdn (n:nat) : Z -> Z -> Z := fun a b =>
match n with
| O => 1 (* arbitrary, since n should be big enough *)
| S n => match a with
| Z0 => Z.abs b
| Zpos _ => Zgcdn n (Z.modulo b a) a
| Zneg a => Zgcdn n (Z.modulo b (Zpos a)) (Zpos a)
end
end.
Definition Zgcd_bound (a:Z) :=
match a with
| Z0 => S O
| Zpos p => let n := Pos.size_nat p in (n+n)%nat
| Zneg p => let n := Pos.size_nat p in (n+n)%nat
end.
Definition Zgcd_alt a b := Zgcdn (Zgcd_bound a) a b.
(** A first obvious fact : [Z.gcd a b] is positive. *)

Lemma Zgcd_alt_pos : forall a b, 0 <= Zgcd_alt a b.