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We say that an integer isnormalized if it is positive and odd.

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Dedicated to John William Jackson, 1889–1962

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Norton, G.H. Computing GCD's by normalized division. AAECC 2, 275–295 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01614149

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