PPS:

On 10 Feb., 08:34, Simon King <simon.k...@uni-jena.de> wrote:
> ...
> But I think the problem here is not coercion but the "right" (or at
> least reasonable) choice of a definition. What would textbooks say?

I should add: I do believe that the choice is already made and the
choice is fine (see Tim's and William's posts above). Only, lcm(2/1,4)
should not raise an error but use coercion (similar to what gcd(2/1,4)
does).

Best regards,
Simon

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