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how to split a number into two multipliyers

 
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i want to split 32 into 8 and 4
i want to split 64 into 8 and 8
i want to split 48 into 6 and 8
its main two multipliyers

i dont know how to do it??
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Google is your friend.

Try this Wikipedia link.
 
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Something to think about:

Should 12 be split into 3 * 4? Or 2 * 6? Or what about 48 - does it split to 6 * 8? 3 * 16? 2 * 24?

In short: what do you mean by "main" multipliers? What makes one pair of multipliers a better answer than another?
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ok my gole is to build a software that
takes a numbers and splits it like this into nodes of a tree

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Does it matter whether you have


or

or

I think that probably it does not. I think that probably, all that matters is the list of prime factors at the bottom of each tree: 3 * 2 * 2 * 2. (Ignore the 1's as trivial.) But if the full tree matters... how would you know which one is correct?
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each one of your three versions are correct
i need to know how to split the main input number
into one of this version
 
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Naive approach to get the two dividers that are the closest to each other:
 
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Originally posted by donaldth smithts:
each one of your three versions are correct
i need to know how to split the main input number
into one of this version



  • Identify your "main" input number's first (i.e., smallest) prime factor. E.g., for 48, this is 2.
  • Divide your main input number by this prime factor. Continuing with the 48 example, you have 48/2 = 24.
  • The result that you get (24) is your new "main" input number.
  • Repeat.


  • Basically, you land up factorising your number into its prime factors. For 48, you will land up with 2^4 * 3.

    - Anand
     
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    Doesn't the Math.sqrt() method return a double, not an int?
     
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    Bonus questions:

    What is the largest prime factor of the number 600851475143 ?

    Find the sum of all the primes below two million.

    (Hint: most of the solutions to the second one that didn't involve a language that had a built in primes() method, used a Sieve of Eratosthenes.
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    what this line does

    int lower = (int)Math.floor(sqrt);
     
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    Have you looked at the JavaDoc for Math.floor()?
     
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    i cant understand this definition
    "Returns the largest (closest to positive infinity) double value that is less than or equal to the argument and is equal to a mathematical integer."

    can you give an example?
     
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    Originally posted by Rory Lynch:
    Rob

    Doesn't the Math.sqrt() method return a double, not an int?


    Yes it does; sqrt should be a double. I was first writing pseudo code but it was so much like actual code I changed it, but forgot that one line.

    Originally posted by donaldth smithts:
    i cant understand this definition
    "Returns the largest (closest to positive infinity) double value that is less than or equal to the argument and is equal to a mathematical integer."

    can you give an example?


    Basically, it rounds down to an integer number. For positive numbers, it simply cuts off all decimals. For negative numbers it cuts them off and subtracts one if the original number was not already an integer number.

    Examples:
    Math.floor(4.0) == 4.0
    Math.floor(4.2) == 4.0
    Math.floor(4.5) == 4.0
    Math.floor(4.8) == 4.0
    Math.floor(5.0) == 5.0
    Math.floor(-4.0) == -4.0
    Math.floor(-4.2) == -5.0
    Math.floor(-4.5) == -5.0
    Math.floor(-4.8) == -5.0
    Math.floor(-5.0) == -5.0
     
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    i have writen the function that finds the small number and
    a fuction for the big number (which by multiplication give me the input number

    i know that i need to insert the small one every time on one side
    the right one into the other
    and the input one into the root.data

    i know that every tree problem is a recursive
    and it has a BNODE implemintation and a BTree implementation

    i dont know how to combine all these elements

     
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    There is one improvement that immediately comes into mind:

    You've added the exact same code twice. Instead, use small inside large:

    Should you need to change the code that calculates the small number, you don't need to change it in two places.

    Keep in mind that Math.sqrt returns Double.NaN if the number is negative. Math.floor of Double.NaN returns 0, so that will result in an ArithmeticException. The same holds if the number is 0, then the root is 0 and small will be 0.
     
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    okay but how am i going to actually put the numbers into the tree??

    i know that i need to put the input number into the root
    (so it will be done in the BTree class)

    and the other numbers in the left and right branches( BNode class)

    and this process need to be done recursively

    till we get a prime number

    i can figure out the detailed way to implement the process
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    can some one tell me what methods to build in each Class?
     
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    i know that each small number goes to the right side
    and the big number in the left side
    an we make this proccess all over again
     
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    You probably want to use recursion:
    Pseudo code:
     
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    i agree with your solution
    my problem is that i need to write every such method for BNode class
    and BTree class

    and that differs your solution
     
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    anyone,
    can answer me???
     
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    Answer what, exactly?

    You've been given lot of help so far. We aren't here to do your homework for you. Rob in particular has shown you a lot of code, but he's not going to do everything for you. You need to show some effort. What have you tried so far?
     
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    i presented my code in a previous threads

    my final question is about that:

    in order to buil a function for a binary tree i need to implement this methid
    for the BTree class and the BNode class

    and the way that i was given is only for one class

    i dont know what to do??
    as soon as i'll how to split that plan into two classes
    ill know how to change my preious code
    [ March 16, 2008: Message edited by: donaldth smithts ]
     
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    i think that i solved it
    the problem is that i dont know how to print out a tree

    i made a single operation of putting the input number in the root
    and the rest i have done in the BNode class
    is it ok??



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    [ March 16, 2008: Message edited by: donaldth smithts ]
     
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    The Visitor pattern is often used to walk a tree. You could write a NodeVisitor to walk the tree and print out each node.
     
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    i have modified my code in order and put a
    System.out.println commands near the values
    and it gives me the right answers

    i need a conformations from you
    is my code ok??
     
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    Factoring large primes, I will leave for the other posters as well as established authors on the matter. Narrowly, on is it ok?? the while (num%small!=0) does not check for runaway conditions as well as float/int conversions may not behave sensibly. For factoring primes, I would put some sanity checks around the loop and so on.

    As for it gives me the right answers, how do you know they are correct responses by the code to all conditions of use? As well, if you can formalize preconditons, you should be able to implement rudimentary test harnesses. Are you doing this to investigate prime factoring or is this an academic assignment.
     
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    i have added a line in the BNode insert method
    this is my new vertion of the insert method
    it gives me a strange resolt


    i have put a print command in the BNOde and in the BTree
    each time it inputs a number in some node

    but when i put 72 i get
    72
    8
    9
    9
    3
    3
    3
    72

    idont know why
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    The 72 is the number from the first insert, with small 8 and large 9.
    The second 9 is the number from the left insert, with small 3 and large 3.
    The third 3 is the number from the left insert.
    No idea where the last 72 comes from.

    Now why you're missing some numbers because you're forgetting the insert on the right nodes.


    I've added some methods. To BTree:

    In BNode:

    Now if I print a BTree after inserting 72, this is the output:
    Looks to be just what you want, right? Well, except that prime numbers are not expanded into 1 and the prime itself



    One more remark:

    Either remove this constructor, or change it to call insert:

    Otherwise, after calling this constructor, you have the node itself but without all of its children.
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    i think you are wrong
    i did enter the right side numbers
    i marked the line in the following code

    regarding my copy constructor
    i do need it that way because
    thats the basic function of putting a number inside a node
    whats the problem with that???

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    Originally posted by donaldth smithts:
    i think you are wrong
    i did enter the right side numbers
    i marked the line in the following code


    You create the node yes, but you never call insert on that node!

    regarding my copy constructor
    i do need it that way because
    thats the basic function of putting a number inside a node
    whats the problem with that???


    Like I said, it doesn't call insert. Therefore, you store the number, but the large and small numbers are not stored in your tree.
    Also, if you call insert(int num) afterwards, it overwrites the data field so this constructor, as it is now, is completely useless. You only store the number, but as soon as you call insert all code in the constructor will be rendered useless.

    Like I said, you can fix this by just calling insert inside that constructor. That also sets the data, and makes sure your tree will be built correctly.
     
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    i dont know how to imagine what you say
    because
    the insert method is ment for a TRee not for a node
    its a whole recursive operation for a tree
    in a constructor of the node we need only to change its data not
    to change the big number with the original number

    for me
    the constructor that i have built put a certain value inside of a node

    i cant understand how the insert method is goind to do that??
     
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    i on each side a create a new node and then put in it
    some value
    and the values are saves in the tree

    can you show me a way thaat i could see the values of the nodes in the tree
    ??
     
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    can anyone help me with that???
     
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    i dont get the remark on the constructor
    ??
     
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