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Problem 3
The prime factors of 13195 are 5, 7, 13 and 29.
What is the largest prime factor of the number 600851475143 ?
Solution (Python)
number = 600851475143
i = 2
while i * i < number:
while number % i ==0:
number = number / i
i = i + 1
print(number)
Solution (Javascript)
var number = 600851475143;
var i = 2;
while (i * i < number) {
while (number % i == 0) {
number = number / i;
}
i = i + 1;
}
console.log(number)
Result: 6857