Problem 83. Prime factor digits
Consider the following number system. Calculate the prime factorization for each number n, then represent the prime factors in a vector like so:
13 11 7 5 3 2
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2: 1
3: 1 0
4: 2
5: 1 0 0
6: 1 1
12: 1 2
14: 1 0 0 1
18: 2 1
26: 1 0 0 0 0 1
60: 1 1 2
Each "place" in the number system represents a prime number. Given n, return the vector p.
As shown above, if n = 26, then p = [1 0 0 0 0 1].
The input n is always an integer greater than 1. Suppress any leading zeros. The length of the vector is determined by the largest prime factor.
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David Verrelli
on 25 Sep 2017
I think the explanation in the problem statement is a bit sparse. The numbers in the table do not represent prime numbers per se: they represent indices on prime numbers, whose ultimate product yields the value n.
See http://mathworld.wolfram.com/PrimeFactorization.html
Prajit T R
on 13 Mar 2018
The in-built function factors() was pretty helpful for this problem :)
Peter
on 15 Feb 2023
I'm sure Test 4 & 6 are incorrect!
Dyuman Joshi
on 16 Feb 2023
@Peter, what makes you think so?
Peter
on 24 Feb 2023
@Dyuman Joshi,
I was wrong! My thinking was wrong!
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