@OscarCunningham@mathstodon.xyz
Post #1711614
2026-04-21 12:38 UTC
@richardelwes @peterrowlett This is getting a bit advanced, but the best way to think about the lowest common multiple is that 'lowest' is meant in the sense of the divisibility ordering. So 0 isn't the lowest common multiple of any two numbers because it is in fact the highest number!
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@richardelwes@mathstodon.xyz 2026-04-21 16:13
@OscarCunningham @peterrowlett I like it. But I wouldn’t fancy explaining it that way to a primary school class (or for that matter to their parents)!