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Least Common Multiple (LCM) of two strictly positive integer numbers
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/*
* $RCSfile: MathUtil.java,v $
* $Revision: 1.1 $
* $Date: 2005/02/11 05:02:25 $
* $State: Exp $
*
* Class: MathUtil
*
* Description: Utility mathematical methods
*
* COPYRIGHT:
*
* This software module was originally developed by Raphaël Grosbois and
* Diego Santa Cruz (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology-EPFL); Joel
* Askelöf (Ericsson Radio Systems AB); and Bertrand Berthelot, David
* Bouchard, Félix Henry, Gerard Mozelle and Patrice Onno (Canon Research
* Centre France S.A) in the course of development of the JPEG2000
* standard as specified by ISO/IEC 15444 (JPEG 2000 Standard). This
* software module is an implementation of a part of the JPEG 2000
* Standard. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology-EPFL, Ericsson Radio
* Systems AB and Canon Research Centre France S.A (collectively JJ2000
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* including other intellectual property rights, for this software module
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*
* Copyright (c) 1999/2000 JJ2000 Partners.
* */
/**
* This class contains a collection of utility methods fro mathematical
* operations. All methods are static.
* */
public class MathUtil {
/**
* Method that calculates the Least Common Multiple (LCM) of two strictly
* positive integer numbers.
*
* @param x1 First number
*
* @param x2 Second number
* */
public static final int lcm(int x1,int x2) {
if(x1<=0 || x2<=0) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException("Cannot compute the least "+
"common multiple of two "+
"numbers if one, at least,"+
"is negative.");
}
int max,min;
if (x1>x2) {
max = x1;
min = x2;
} else {
max = x2;
min = x1;
}
for(int i=1; i<=min; i++) {
if( (max*i)%min == 0 ) {
return i*max;
}
}
throw new Error("Cannot find the least common multiple of numbers "+
x1+" and "+x2);
}
/**
* Method that calculates the Least Common Multiple (LCM) of several
* positive integer numbers.
*
* @param x Array containing the numbers.
* */
public static final int lcm(int[] x) {
if(x.length<2) {
throw new Error("Do not use this method if there are less than"+
" two numbers.");
}
int tmp = lcm(x[x.length-1],x[x.length-2]);
for(int i=x.length-3; i>=0; i--) {
if(x[i]<=0) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException("Cannot compute the least "+
"common multiple of "+
"several numbers where "+
"one, at least,"+
"is negative.");
}
tmp = lcm(tmp,x[i]);
}
return tmp;
}
}
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