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Incorrect definition of gcd
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"The greatest common divisor is the largest number into which the two BigInteger values can be divided without returning a remainder. "
Simply wrong. I would suggest that the following was intended.
"The greatest common divisor is the largest number that can divide either BigInteger value without remainder. "
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* Content: [BigInteger.GreatestCommonDivisor(BigInteger, BigInteger) Method (System.Numerics)](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.numerics.biginteger.greatestcommondivisor?view=netframework-4.7.2)
* Content Source: [xml/System.Numerics/BigInteger.xml](https://github.com/dotnet/dotnet-api-docs/blob/master/xml/System.Numerics/BigInteger.xml)
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