Here you can find the source of lcm(long u, long v)
public static long lcm(long u, long v)
//package com.java2s; /**// ww w . j a v a 2s. c o m * $Id$ * * Copyright (c) 2009 Thomas Beckmann * * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: * * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in * all copies or substantial portions of the Software. * * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE * SOFTWARE. */ public class Main { public static long lcm(long u, long v) { return (u / gcd(u, v)) * v; } public static int gcd(int u, int v) { /* GCD(0,v) := v, GCD(u,0) := u */ if (u == 0 || v == 0) return u | v; int shift; /* Let shift := lg K, where K is the greatest power of 2 dividing both u and v. */ for (shift = 0; ((u | v) & 1) == 0; ++shift) { u >>= 1; v >>= 1; } while ((u & 1) == 0) u >>= 1; /* From here on, u is always odd. */ do { while ((v & 1) == 0) /* Loop X */ v >>= 1; /* Now u and v are both odd, so diff(u, v) is even. Let u = min(u, v), v = diff(u, v)/2. */ if (u < v) { v -= u; } else { int diff = u - v; u = v; v = diff; } v >>= 1; } while (v != 0); return u << shift; } public static long gcd(long u, long v) { /* GCD(0,v) := v, GCD(u,0) := u */ if (u == 0 || v == 0) return u | v; long shift; /* Let shift := lg K, where K is the greatest power of 2 dividing both u and v. */ for (shift = 0; ((u | v) & 1) == 0; ++shift) { u >>= 1; v >>= 1; } while ((u & 1) == 0) u >>= 1; /* From here on, u is always odd. */ do { while ((v & 1) == 0) /* Loop X */ v >>= 1; /* Now u and v are both odd, so diff(u, v) is even. Let u = min(u, v), v = diff(u, v)/2. */ if (u < v) { v -= u; } else { long diff = u - v; u = v; v = diff; } v >>= 1; } while (v != 0); return u << shift; } }