yes great input there made me relook at what i was doing and i didnt need a
negative number i needed a decimal value for my result for example i need a
number like 1.654634353534E-19 ro occur as my lcm any ideas

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> purely from a mathematical point of view you cannot have a negative lcm
> as there will always be a lower multiple. For example if you did manage
> to obtain a lcm of -30 then -27000 (-30x-30x-30) making this a new lcm
> and this process can be repeated infinitely
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