ROSECODE 333
Subtracting proper divisors
Given an integer n, we apply the following process:
- search the largest proper divisor of n
- subtract this number from n
- repeat until we reach 1
Let f(n) the number of steps before reaching 1.
Example with n = 30
[My timing: 6 sec]
- search the largest proper divisor of n
- subtract this number from n
- repeat until we reach 1
Let f(n) the number of steps before reaching 1.
Example with n = 30
- n = 30 - 15 (15 = Largest proper divisor of 30)
- n = 15 - 5 (5 = Largest proper divisor of 15)
- n = 10 - 5 (5 = Largest proper divisor of 10)
- n = 5 - 1 (1 = Largest proper divisor of 5)
- n = 4 - 2 (2 = Largest proper divisor of 4)
- n = 2 - 1 (1 = Largest proper divisor of 2)
- n = 1 Stop => f(30) = 6
[My timing: 6 sec]