void
reduce ( lrs_mp Na, lrs_mp Da ) { /* reduces Na Da by gcd(Na,Da) */
lrs_mp Nb, Db, Nc, Dc;
copy ( Nb, Na );
copy ( Db, Da );
storesign ( Nb, POS );
storesign ( Db, POS );
copy ( Nc, Na );
copy ( Dc, Da );
gcd ( Nb, Db ); /* Nb is the gcd(Na,Da) */
exactdivint ( Nc, Nb, Na );
exactdivint ( Dc, Nb, Da );
}
void
reduceint (lrs_mp Na, lrs_mp Da) /* divide Na by Da and return */
{
lrs_mp Temp;
copy (Temp, Na);
exactdivint (Temp, Da, Na);
}
void
lcm ( lrs_mp a, lrs_mp b )
/* a = least common multiple of a, b; b is preserved */
{
lrs_mp u, v;
copy ( u, a );
copy ( v, b );
gcd ( u, v );
exactdivint ( a, u, v ); /* v=a/u no remainder*/
mulint ( v, b, a );
} /* end of lcm */
