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Define gcd & lcm of single element #3595

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Previously, gcd and lcm raised an error if we passed a single element. This seems a bit odd, especially when we use parentheses, since it works with any other number of arguments:

i1 : gcd()

o1 = 0

i2 : gcd(3)
stdio:2:3:(3): error: no method found for applying gcd to:
     argument   :  3 (of class ZZ)

i3 : gcd(3, 6)

o3 = 3

i4 : gcd(3, 6, 9)

o4 = 3

After defining gcd(ZZ):

i1 : gcd(3)

o1 = 3

@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ lcm(QQ,QQ) := (f,g) -> (
d := gcd(f, g);
if d == 0 then 0_QQ
else abs f * (abs g / d))
lcm ZZ := lcm QQ := identity
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Number, perhaps?

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I thought about that. I stuck with ZZ and QQ since those are the ones we have binary methods for. It seems like it might be a bit strange if, say, gcd(3.0) worked but gcd(3.0, 6.0) didn't.

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