Problem 44856. Permutation Via Multiplication

Created by Daniel Bergman

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Alex on 9 Sep 2020

This returns true for a = 2 and b = 6, but it shouldn't

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Daniel Bergman on 21 Feb 2019

Any suggestions for improving the test suite would be appreciated!

Tim on 2 Mar 2019

Adding test cases a=105 b=30 and a=111 b=3 should weed out a couple of less-than-general solutions.

Rafael S.T. Vieira on 19 Sep 2020

Add decimal and irrational numbers, but only check if the n-first digits are a permutation of each other.

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