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[parent] alternative proof of Euclid's lemma (Proof)

We give an alternative proof (see Euclid's lemma proof), which does not use the Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic (since, usually, Euclid's lemma is used to prove FTA).

Lemma 1   If $a\mid bc$ and $\gcd(a,b)=1$ then $a\mid c$ .
Proof. By assumption $\gcd(a,b)=1$ , thus we can use Bezout's lemma to find integers $x,y$ such that $ax+by=1$ . Hence $c\cdot(ax+by)=c$ and $acx+bcy=c$ . Since $a\mid a$ and $a \mid bc $ (by hypothesis), we conclude that $a \mid acx + bcy =c $ as claimed. $ \qedsymbol$




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Cross-references: hypothesis, integers, Bezout's lemma, Euclid's lemma, fundamental theorem of arithmetic, Euclid's lemma proof, proof
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AMS MSC11A05 (Number theory :: Elementary number theory :: Multiplicative structure; Euclidean algorithm; greatest common divisors)

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