In \(\mathbb{Z}\), use the Euclidean algorithm to compute \(\gcd(252,198)\).

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Review the concept: Euclidean domain

An integral domain \(D\) with a norm \(N\) (a function from \(D\setminus\{0\}\) to the nonnegative integers) allowing division of \(a\) by \(b\neq0\) with quotient \(q\) and remainder \(r\) zero or of smaller norm than \(b\).

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• ZW-EUCLIDEAN-DOMAIN-008 If D is a Euclidean domain, what can be said about its ideals?
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