least common multiple

smallest positive integer divisible by two or more integers
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least common multiple

Summary

least common multiple is a function[1]. It draws 379 Wikipedia views per month (function category, ranking #17 of 114).[2]

Key Facts

  • least common multiple's image is recorded as Symmetrical 5-set Venn diagram LCM 2 3 4 5 7.svg[3].
  • least common multiple's instance of is recorded as function[4].
  • least common multiple's instance of is recorded as arithmetic function[5].
  • least common multiple's subclass of is recorded as multiple[6].
  • least common multiple's subclass of is recorded as common multiple[7].
  • least common multiple's Commons category is recorded as Least common multiple[8].
  • least common multiple's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 36929[9].
  • least common multiple's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04kgk[10].
  • least common multiple's notation is recorded as least common multiple symbol[11].
  • least common multiple's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • least common multiple's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
  • least common multiple's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[14].
  • least common multiple's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/least-common-multiple[15].
  • least common multiple's definition domain is recorded as Cartesian product[16].
  • least common multiple's codomain is recorded as set of positive integers[17].
  • least common multiple's defining formula is recorded as a,b,h' \in \mathbb{Z} \land (a \neq 0 \lor b \neq 0) \land h \in \mathbb{N} \implies \operatorname{lcm}(a,b) = {h : (a \mid h \land b \mid h) \land (a \mid h' \land b \mid h' \implies h \mid h')}[18].
  • least common multiple's MathWorld ID is recorded as LeastCommonMultiple[19].
  • least common multiple's Treccani ID is recorded as minimo-comune-multiplo[20].
  • least common multiple's Quora topic ID is recorded as Least-Common-Multiple[21].
  • least common multiple's Cultureel Woordenboek ID is recorded as wiskunde/kleinste-gemene-veelvoud[22].
  • least common multiple's nLab ID is recorded as least common multiple[23].
  • least common multiple's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as minste_felles_multiplum[24].
  • least common multiple's Elhuyar ZTH ID is recorded as 028308[25].
  • least common multiple's Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures ID is recorded as leastCommonMultiple[26].
  • least common multiple's Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures ID is recorded as lcm[27].

Why It Matters

least common multiple draws 379 Wikipedia views per month (function category, ranking #17 of 114).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 56 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  7. [9] . Nuovo soggettario. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] . Insiemi, numeri e polinomi. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
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  19. [21] . Quora. wikidata.org.
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  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). least common multiple. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/least-common-multiple
MLA “least common multiple.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/least-common-multiple.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_least-common-multiple_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{least common multiple}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/least-common-multiple}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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