RE: finding approximate 'least common factor'

[Allen.Windhorn]

Przemek, 

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> I have numbers which are approximately (but not exactly) an integer
> number of some basic quantity. How would you estimate that basic
> quantum? For instance, if the data is:

> All I could come up with is to look at all the candidates (s) and
> plot the sum of squares (d) of the integer quotient residuals (c)
> against the value of the candidates...
>
> Can anyone think of a more precise numerical algorithm?

Might try some sort of discrete Fourier transform, where the numbers
represent the x values and the count of values at each x represents an
impulse function of that amplitude.

Regards,
Allen