This function is provided by the package
LLLBases.
The first n-1 columns of the matrix z form a basis of the kernel of the n integers of the list s, and the dot product of the last column of z and s is the gcd g.
The method used is described in the paper:
Havas, Majewski, Matthews,
Extended GCD and Hermite Normal Form Algorithms via Lattice Basis Reduction, Experimental Mathematics 7:2 p. 125 (1998).
For an example,
i1 : s = apply(5,i->372*(random 1000000))
o1 = {162668532, 269854008, 312000492, 40893588, 150094560}
o1 : List
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i2 : (g,z) = gcdLLL s
o2 = (372, | 17 24 18 -3 20 |)
| -2 -16 13 6 -5 |
| -6 5 -25 14 -11 |
| -27 5 15 5 8 |
| 5 -9 5 -38 8 |
o2 : Sequence
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i3 : matrix{s} * z
o3 = | 0 0 0 0 372 |
1 5
o3 : Matrix ZZ <--- ZZ
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