Informally describe a recursive algorithm to compute the greatest common divisor of two

Chapter 3, Problem 81

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Informally describe a recursive algorithm to compute the greatest common divisor of two positive integers a and b where a > b. (Hint: The solution is based on the Euclidean algorithm, discussed in Section 2.3. In particular, make use of expression (5) on page 134.)

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