Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Euclidean algorithm/archive1: Difference between revisions

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'''Comments'''

:1) The spacing convention is not followed consistently through out. (e.g. 252 = 21 × 12 (with space) but 35 = 5×7 (without space), k=0 (with no space))

:::Thank you; I tried to be consistent about this, but a few expressions may have escaped my notice. I'll go through the article myself, but please correct any unspaced expressions that you happen to see. The spaced version (using a non-breaking space) is the correct one. [[User:Proteins|Proteins]] ([[User talk:Proteins|talk]]) 21:48, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

:2) "Thus, Euclid's algorithm, which computes the GCD of two integers, suffices to calculate the GCD of an arbitrary number of integers."

::Can it calculate the GCD of a countable infinite set of integers? An uncountable one? Be specific.

:::You're pulling my leg about the uncountably infinite set of integers, right? I may not be a mathematician, but I wasn't born yesterday. ;) How about "arbitrarily many integers" as a compromise wording? [[User:Proteins|Proteins]] ([[User talk:Proteins|talk]]) 21:48, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

:3) "The latter argument is used to show that the Euclidean algorithm for natural numbers must end in a finite number of steps."

::Citation needed.

:::OK. [[User:Proteins|Proteins]] ([[User talk:Proteins|talk]]) 21:48, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

:4) Redundant phrase (found a lot at the beginning of paragraphs):

;;::*"the Euclidean algorithm is an efficient method for computing the greatest common divisor (GCD)"

;;::*"The Euclidean algorithm calculates the greatest common divisor (GCD) of two natural numbers a and b."

::*"Euclid's algorithm, which computes the GCD of two integers"

::* "The Euclidean algorithm finds the greatest common divisor g of two numbers a and b in a series of steps."

[[Special:Contributions/131.111.216.15|131.111.216.15]] ([[User talk:131.111.216.15|talk]]) 15:58, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

:::I write that way on purpose to provide a touchstone, a "red thread" running through the article for newcomers to grab onto. I may have overdone it, however. I'll go through the article and try to trim the unnecessary. [[User:Proteins|Proteins]] ([[User talk:Proteins|talk]]) 21:48, 10 May 2009 (UTC)