Problem 3 - Find the largest prime factor of a composite number
// June 15th, 2009 // Project Euler
The prime factors of 13195 are 5, 7, 13 and 29.
What is the largest prime factor of the number 600851475143 ?
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// June 15th, 2009 // Project Euler
The prime factors of 13195 are 5, 7, 13 and 29.
What is the largest prime factor of the number 600851475143 ?
6857
I forgot to mention that the purpose of the problems is also to show how you arrived at your answer in a programmatic way. Or as my high school math teacher would say “Show your work Mr. Martinez”