#3 largest prime factor

October 2020

"""
Largest prime factor

The prime factors of 13195 are 5, 7, 13 and 29.

What is the largest prime factor of the number 600851475143?

https://projecteuler.net/problem=3
"""

# test
# number = 13195 
# result = list()

# factor = number - 1
# while factor > 1:
#     if number % factor == 0:
#         # factor
#         subfactor = factor - 1
#         while subfactor > 1:
#             if factor % subfactor == 0:
#                 break

#             subfactor -= 1

#         if subfactor == 1:
#             result.append(factor)

#     factor -= 1

# assert(max(result) == 29)

# solution (too slow)
# number = 600851475143
# result = list()

# factor = number - 1
# while factor > 1:
#   if number % factor == 0:
#       # factor
#       subfactor = factor - 1
#       while subfactor > 1:
#           if factor % subfactor == 0:
#               break

#           subfactor -= 1

#       if subfactor == 1:
#           print(factor)
#           result.append(factor)

#   factor -= 1

# print(max(result))

# solution (faster)
import math

number = 600851475143
result = list()

while number % 2 == 0:
    result.append(2)
    number = number / 2

for i in range(3, int(math.sqrt(number)) + 1, 2):
    while number % i == 0:
        result.append(i)
        number = number / i

if number > 2:
    result.append(number)

print(max(result))
# 6857