### lcm 

Returns the least common multiple of two or more numbers.

Use the `greatest common divisor (GCD)` formula and the fact that `lcm(x,y) = x * y / gcd(x,y)` to determine the least common multiple. The GCD formula uses recursion.

Uses `reduce` function from the inbuilt module `functools`. Also defines a method `spread` for javascript like spreading of lists.

```python 


from functools import reduce


def spread(arg):
    ret = []
    for i in arg:
        if isinstance(i, list):
            ret.extend(i)
        else:
            ret.append(i)
    return ret


def lcm(*args):
    numbers = []
    numbers.extend(spread(list(args)))

    def _gcd(x, y):
        return x if not y else gcd(y, x % y)

    def _lcm(x, y):
        return x * y / _gcd(x, y)

    return reduce((lambda x, y: _lcm(x, y)), numbers)

```


``` python
lcm(12, 7) # 84
lcm([1, 3, 4], 5) # 60
```