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Inspired by this question over on Math.

Let the prime factorization of a number, n, be represented as: \$P(n) = 2^a\times3^b\times5^c\times\cdots\$. Then the number of divisors of n can be represented as \$D(n) = (a+1)\times(b+1)\times(c+1)\times\cdots\$. Thus, we can easily say that the number of divisors of \$2n\$ is \$D(2n) = (a+2)\times(b+1)\times(c+1)\times\cdots\$,
the number of divisors of \$3n\$ is \$D(3n) = (a+1)\times(b+2)\times(c+1)\times\cdots\$,
and so on.

Challenge

Write a program or function that uses these properties to calculate \$n\$, given certain divisor inputs.

Input

A set of integers, let's call them \$w, x, y, z\$, with all of the following definitions:

  • all inputs are greater than 1 -- \$w, x, y, z > 1\$
  • \$x\$ and \$z\$ are distinct -- \$x\ne z\$
  • \$x\$ and \$z\$ are prime -- \$P(x)=x, D(x)=2, P(z)=z \text{ and } D(z)=2\$
  • \$w\$ is the number of divisors of \$xn\$ -- \$D(xn)=w\$
  • \$y\$ is the number of divisors of \$zn\$ -- \$D(zn)=y\$

For the problem given in the linked question, an input example could be \$(28, 2, 30, 3)\$. This translates to \$D(2n)=28\$ and \$D(3n)=30\$, with \$n=864\$.

Output

A single integer, \$n\$, that satisfies the above definitions and input restrictions. If multiple numbers fit the definitions, output the smallest. If no such integer is possible, output a falsey value.

Examples:

(w, x, y, z) => output

(28, 2, 30, 3) => 864
(4, 2, 4, 5) => 3
(12, 5, 12, 23) => 12
(14, 3, 20, 7) => 0 (or some other falsey value)
(45, 13, 60, 11) => 1872
(45, 29, 60, 53) => 4176

Rules:

  • Standard code-golf rules and loophole restrictions apply.
  • Standard input/output rules apply.
  • Input numbers can be in any order - please specify in your answer which order you're using.
  • Input numbers can be in any suitable format: space-separated, an array, separate function or command-line arguments, etc. - your choice.
  • Similarly, if output to STDOUT, surrounding whitespace, trailing newline, etc. are all optional.
  • Input parsing and output formatting are not the interesting features of this challenge.
  • In the interests of sane complexity and integer overflows, the challenge number \$n\$ will have restrictions such that \$1 < n < 100000\$ -- i.e., you don't need to worry about possible answers outside this range.

Related

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  • \$\begingroup\$ So, if the smallest solution is larger than 100,000, I can choose to return either a solution or zero? \$\endgroup\$
    – Dennis
    Jan 15, 2016 at 18:56
  • \$\begingroup\$ @Dennis If it makes your code shorter, sure. Either would be acceptable. \$\endgroup\$ Jan 15, 2016 at 19:22

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Jelly, 17 16 bytes

×€ȷ5R¤ÆDL€€Z=Ḅi3

This is a brute force solution that tries all possible values up to 100,000. Try it online!

Non-competing version

The latest version of Jelly has a bug fix that allows to golf down the above code to 15 bytes.

ȷ5R×€³ÆDL€€=Ḅi3

Try it online!

How it works

×€ȷ5R¤ÆDL€€Z=Ḅi3  Main link. Left input: x,z. Right input: w,y

     ¤            Combine the two atoms to the left into a niladic chain.
  ȷ5              Yield 100,000 (1e5).
    R             Apply range. Yields [1, ..., 100,000].
x€                Multiply each r in the range by x and z.
                  This yields [[x, ..., 100,000x], [z, ..., 100,000z]].
      ÆD          Compute the divisors of each resulting integer.
        L€€       Apply length to each list of divisors.
                  This counts the divisors of each integer in the 2D array.
           Z      Zip; group the divisors of kx and kz in pairs.
            =     Compare each [divisors(kx), divisors(kz)] with [w, y].
                  This yields a pair of Booleans.
             Ḅ    Convert each Boolean pair from binary to integer.
              i3  Find the first index of 3. Yields 0 for not found.
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  • \$\begingroup\$ Congrats, you win by default! :D \$\endgroup\$ Jan 22, 2016 at 13:25

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