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Number theory Divisibility and primes Concept

Least common multiple

Summary

The least common multiple of two nonzero integers is the smallest positive integer that is a multiple of both of them. We write it as lcm⁡(a,b)\operatorname{lcm}(a, b). The definition of the least common multiple gives the precise form and the convention when one of the numbers is 00.

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  1. Web https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Least_common_multiple, lead section
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