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Lowest Common Multiple
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public class LowestCommonMultiple | |
{ | |
public static void main(String[] args) | |
{ | |
FindMultiple(); | |
} | |
static long FindLcm(long a,long b){ | |
long lcm,hcf = 0; | |
long i=1; | |
long ger=a>b?a:b; | |
while(i<ger) | |
{ | |
if((a%i==0) && (b%i==0)) | |
hcf=i; | |
i++; | |
} | |
lcm=(a*b)/hcf; | |
return lcm; | |
} | |
//Euclidean algorithm | |
static long gcd(long a, long b) { | |
while(b > 0) { | |
a %= b; | |
if (a == 0) return b; | |
b %= a; | |
} | |
return a; | |
} | |
static void FindMultiple(){ | |
long lcm=1; | |
for(long i=2;i<=20;i++) | |
{ | |
System.out.println("Lcm="+lcm + " i: " + i); | |
//lcm=FindLcm(lcm,i); | |
lcm *= i/gcd(lcm,i); | |
System.out.println("result Lcm="+lcm + " i: " + i); | |
} | |
System.out.println("Lcm="+lcm); | |
} | |
} | |
/*output: | |
Lcm=1 i: 2 | |
result Lcm=2 i: 2 | |
Lcm=2 i: 3 | |
result Lcm=6 i: 3 | |
Lcm=6 i: 4 | |
result Lcm=12 i: 4 | |
Lcm=12 i: 5 | |
result Lcm=60 i: 5 | |
Lcm=60 i: 6 | |
result Lcm=60 i: 6 | |
Lcm=60 i: 7 | |
result Lcm=420 i: 7 | |
Lcm=420 i: 8 | |
result Lcm=840 i: 8 | |
Lcm=840 i: 9 | |
result Lcm=2520 i: 9 | |
Lcm=2520 i: 10 | |
result Lcm=2520 i: 10 | |
Lcm=2520 i: 11 | |
result Lcm=27720 i: 11 | |
Lcm=27720 i: 12 | |
result Lcm=27720 i: 12 | |
Lcm=27720 i: 13 | |
result Lcm=360360 i: 13 | |
Lcm=360360 i: 14 | |
result Lcm=360360 i: 14 | |
Lcm=360360 i: 15 | |
result Lcm=360360 i: 15 | |
Lcm=360360 i: 16 | |
result Lcm=720720 i: 16 | |
Lcm=720720 i: 17 | |
result Lcm=12252240 i: 17 | |
Lcm=12252240 i: 18 | |
result Lcm=12252240 i: 18 | |
Lcm=12252240 i: 19 | |
result Lcm=232792560 i: 19 | |
Lcm=232792560 i: 20 | |
result Lcm=232792560 i: 20 | |
Lcm=232792560 | |
*/ |
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