The prime factors of 13195 are 5, 7, 13 and 29.
What is the largest prime factor of the number 600851475143 ?
class Program { private static List<long> primes = new List<long>(10000); static void Main(string[] args) { /* * The prime factors of 13195 are 5, 7, 13 and 29. * What is the largest prime factor of the number 600851475143 ? */ const long number = 600851475143; primes.Add(2); long max = 2; long x = number; for (long i = 2; i <= x; i = NextPrime()) { if(number % i == 0) { x /= i; max = i; } } Console.WriteLine(max); } private static long NextPrime() { long last = primes.Last(); long n = last + 1; while (true) { foreach (var item in primes) { if (n % item == 0) { goto LoopOut; } } primes.Add(n); return n; LoopOut: n++; } } }