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least common multiple

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(idea) by haggai (7.2 mon) (print)   ?   (I like it!) Tue Apr 04 2000 at 17:35:39

For two integers a and b, lcm(a,b) is the least natural number which is a multiple of both a and b. If you calculate the greatest common divisor of a and b, then to get the lcm you simply take ab/gcd(a,b).

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