Core Algorithm

Centered Euclid Race

Standard Remainders Versus Least-Absolute Remainders

Standard Euclid

Steps

5

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1 240 46 5 10
2 46 10 4 6
3 10 6 1 4
4 6 4 1 2
5 4 2 2 0

Centered Variant

Steps

4

Saved

1

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1 240 46 5 10 10
2 46 10 5 -4 4
3 10 4 3 -2 2
4 4 2 2 0 0

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Fun Fact

1844

Lamé's 1844 Result

Gabriel Lamé's Euclid analysis is a classic early complexity result: Fibonacci pairs force the slowest standard run.