[MATH-143] [math] Correction to mathUtils to check for overflow in lcm()

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed

Environment

Operating System: Linux
Platform: All

• Bugzilla Id: 35431
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Jörg Weimar
• Created: 20/Jun/05 20:24
• Updated: 23/Jul/12 23:24
• Resolved: 23/Apr/09 02:26

Description

The code for lcm should be changed to the following code to check for overflow
during the multiplication.

public static int lcm(int a, int b)

{ return Math.abs(mulAndCheck(a / gcd(a, b) , b)); }