LCM and HCF

can anybody elaborate me the lcm and hcf iam not talking about the method what is its meaning and complete discription

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Check out the wikis of Lowest Common Multiple and Greatest Common Divisor.

Calvin Lin Staff - 5 years, 10 months ago

please tell the reason of prime factorization why do we just take prime factors for lcm

hoor ulain - 5 years, 10 months ago

Because that is the easiest way to calculate the LCM for 2 "random" numbers. Assuming you know the prime factorization of each term (which could be hard)

Do you know the proof of the following theorem?

Calvin Lin Staff - 5 years, 10 months ago

@Calvin Lin – ok you are saying that its easiest way so what about 4 we can also use this in factorization i know its not a prime number but y cant we use this i didnt got the answer of my question yet

hoor ulain - 5 years, 10 months ago

The "HCF" is the "Highest Common Factor" of a given list of integers. The highest common factor is the integer which can divide each and every integer in the given list.

The "LCM" is the "Lowest Common Multiple" of a given list of integers. The lowest common multiple is the smallest integer which is divisible by each and every integer in the given list.

Jihoon Kang - 5 years, 10 months ago

what about its applications

hoor ulain - 5 years, 10 months ago

okay so whats the application of this lcm and hcf???

hoor ulain - 5 years, 10 months ago

Please create a complete page for HCF and LCM involving all their concepts and properties .

Hemang Gautam - 1 year, 11 months ago

Check out the wikis of Lowest Common Multiple and Greatest Common Divisor.

Calvin Lin Staff - 1 year, 11 months ago

Math	Appears as
Remember to wrap math in `\(` ... `\)` or `\[` ... `\]` to ensure proper formatting.
`2 \times 3`	$2 \times 3$
`2^{34}`	$2^{34}$
`a_{i-1}`	$a_{i-1}$
`\frac{2}{3}`	$\frac{2}{3}$
`\sqrt{2}`	$\sqrt{2}$
`\sum_{i=1}^3`	$\sum_{i=1}^3$
`\sin \theta`	$\sin \theta$
`\boxed{123}`	$\boxed{123}$