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The invariant property is that the set of common divisors of two numbers aa and bb is identical to the set of common divisors of aa and b−ab-a (or bb and a mod ba \bmod b). This ensures that the greatest common divisor (gcd) remains unchanged throughout the algorithm's steps.

Conditions: aa and bb are integers.; The operation is either subtraction (b−ab-a) or modulo (a mod ba \bmod b).