Problem

Source: St. Petersburg MO 2001 Grade 9 Problem 4

Tags: St. Petersburg MO, GCD, number theory, Divisibility, greatest common divisor



Let $a,b,c\in\mathbb{Z^{+}}$ such that $$(a^2-1, b^2-1, c^2-1)=1$$Prove that $$(ab+c, bc+a, ca+b)=(a,b,c)$$(As usual, $(x,y,z)$ means the greatest common divisor of numbers $x,y,z$) Proposed by A. Golovanov