package ProjectEuler; /** * The prime factors of 13195 are 5, 7, 13 and 29. * *

What is the largest prime factor of the number 600851475143 ? * *

Link: https://projecteuler.net/problem=3 */ public class Problem03 { /** * Checks if a number is prime or not * * @param n the number * @return {@code true} if {@code n} is prime */ public static boolean isPrime(int n) { if (n == 2) { return true; } if (n < 2 || n % 2 == 0) { return false; } for (int i = 3, limit = (int) Math.sqrt(n); i <= limit; i += 2) { if (n % i == 0) { return false; } } return true; } /** * Calculate all the prime factors of a number and return the largest * * @param n integer number * @return the maximum prime factor of the given number */ static long maxPrimeFactor(long n) { for (int i = 2; i < n / 2; i++) { if (isPrime(i)) while (n % i == 0) { n /= i; } } return n; } public static void main(String[] args) { int[][] testNumbers = { {87, 29}, {10, 5}, {21, 7}, {657, 73}, {777, 37} }; for (int[] num : testNumbers) { assert Problem03.maxPrimeFactor(num[0]) == num[1]; } assert Problem03.maxPrimeFactor(600851475143L) == 6857; } }