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linear-diophantine: reword Bézout and explain all solutions
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## Algorithmic solution
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**Bézout's lemma** (also called Bézout's identity) is a useful result that can be used to understand and prove the following solution.
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**Bézout's lemma** (also called Bézout's identity) is a useful result that can be used to understand the following solution.
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> Let $g = \gcd(a,b)$. Then there exist integers $x,y$ such that $ax + by = g$.
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are solutions of the given Diophantine equation.
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Moreover, this is the set of all possible solutions of the given Diophantine equation.
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Since the equation is linear, all solutions lie on the same line, and by the definition of $g$ this is the set of all possible solutions of the given Diophantine equation.
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## Finding the number of solutions and the solutions in a given interval
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