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Given two positive integers P and Q, the task is to largest divisor of P which is not divisible by Q.

Examples:

Input: P = 10, Q = 4
Output: 10
Explanation: 10 is the largest number which divides 10 but not divisible by 4.

Input: P = 12, Q = 6
Output: 4
Explanation: 4 is the largest number which divides 12 but not divisible by 6.

Approach: The simplest approach is to find all the divisors of P and obtain the greatest of these divisors, which is not divisible by Q

Time Complexity: O(?P)
Auxiliary Space: O(1)

Alternate Approach: Follow the steps below to solve the problem:

  • Store the count of frequencies of prime factors of Q in a HashMap divisors.
  • Initialize a variable, say ans, to store the greatest number X, such that X divides P but is not divisible by Q.
  • Iterate through all divisors of Q and perform the following steps:
    • Store the count of frequencies of the current prime divisor in a variable, say frequency.
    • Store the count of frequencies of the current prime divisor on dividing P in a variable, say cur, and initialize num as the current prime divisor * (frequency – cur + 1).
    • If the value of cur is less than frequency, then update the variable ans to P and break out of the loop.
    • Otherwise, divide P with num and store the result in a variable, say tempAns.
    • After completing the above steps, update the value of ans to the maximum of ans and tempAns.
  • After completing the above steps, print the value of ans as the maximum possible result.

Below is the implementation of the above approach:

C++




// C++ program to implement
// the above approach
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
 
// Function to find the largest number
// X such that it divides P but is not
// divisible by Q
void findTheGreatestX(int P, int Q)
{
    // Stores the frequency count of
    // of all Prime Factors
    map<int, int> divisors;
 
    for (int i = 2; i * i <= Q; i++) {
 
        while (Q % i == 0 and Q > 1) {
 
            Q /= i;
 
            // Increment the frequency
            // of the current prime factor
            divisors[i]++;
        }
    }
 
    // If Q is a prime factor
    if (Q > 1)
        divisors[Q]++;
 
    // Stores the desired result
    int ans = 0;
 
    // Iterate through all divisors of Q
    for (auto i : divisors) {
 
        int frequency = i.second;
        int temp = P;
 
        // Stores the frequency count
        // of current prime divisor on
        // dividing P
        int cur = 0;
 
        while (temp % i.first == 0) {
            temp /= i.first;
 
            // Count the frequency of the
            // current prime factor
            cur++;
        }
 
        // If cur is less than frequency
        // then P is the final result
        if (cur < frequency) {
            ans = P;
            break;
        }
 
        temp = P;
 
        // Iterate to get temporary answer
        for (int j = cur; j >= frequency; j--) {
            temp /= i.first;
        }
 
        // Update current answer
        ans = max(temp, ans);
    }
 
    // Print the desired result
    cout << ans;
}
 
// Driver Code
int main()
{
    // Given P and Q
    int P = 10, Q = 4;
 
    // Function Call
    findTheGreatestX(P, Q);
 
    return 0;
}


Java




// Java program to implement
// the above approach
import java.util.*;
 
class GFG{
 
// Function to find the largest number
// X such that it divides P but is not
// divisible by Q
static void findTheGreatestX(int P, int Q)
{
     
    // Stores the frequency count of
    // of all Prime Factors
    HashMap<Integer, Integer> divisors = new HashMap<>();
 
    for(int i = 2; i * i <= Q; i++)
    {
        while (Q % i == 0 &&  Q > 1)
        {
            Q /= i;
             
            // Increment the frequency
            // of the current prime factor
            if (divisors.containsKey(i))
            {
                divisors.put(i, divisors.get(i) + 1);
            }
            else
            {
                divisors.put(i, 1);
            }
        }
    }
 
    // If Q is a prime factor
    if (Q > 1)
        if (divisors.containsKey(Q))
        {
            divisors.put(Q, divisors.get(Q) + 1);
        }
        else
        {
            divisors.put(Q, 1);
        }
 
    // Stores the desired result
    int ans = 0;
 
    // Iterate through all divisors of Q
    for(Map.Entry<Integer, Integer> i : divisors.entrySet())
    {
        int frequency = i.getValue();
        int temp = P;
         
        // Stores the frequency count
        // of current prime divisor on
        // dividing P
        int cur = 0;
 
        while (temp % i.getKey() == 0)
        {
            temp /= i.getKey();
             
            // Count the frequency of the
            // current prime factor
            cur++;
        }
 
        // If cur is less than frequency
        // then P is the final result
        if (cur < frequency)
        {
            ans = P;
            break;
        }
 
        temp = P;
 
        // Iterate to get temporary answer
        for(int j = cur; j >= frequency; j--)
        {
            temp /= i.getKey();
        }
 
        // Update current answer
        ans = Math.max(temp, ans);
    }
 
    // Print the desired result
    System.out.print(ans);
}
 
// Driver Code
public static void main(String[] args)
{
     
    // Given P and Q
    int P = 10, Q = 4;
 
    // Function Call
    findTheGreatestX(P, Q);
}
}
 
// This code is contributed by Rajput-Ji


Python3




# Python3 program to implement
# the above approach
from collections import defaultdict
 
# Function to find the largest number
# X such that it divides P but is not
# divisible by Q
def findTheGreatestX(P, Q):
 
    # Stores the frequency count of
    # of all Prime Factors
    divisors = defaultdict(int)
 
    i = 2
    while i * i <= Q:
 
        while (Q % i == 0 and Q > 1):
 
            Q //= i
 
            # Increment the frequency
            # of the current prime factor
            divisors[i] += 1
        i += 1
 
    # If Q is a prime factor
    if (Q > 1):
        divisors[Q] += 1
 
    # Stores the desired result
    ans = 0
 
    # Iterate through all divisors of Q
    for i in divisors:
 
        frequency = divisors[i]
        temp = P
 
        # Stores the frequency count
        # of current prime divisor on
        # dividing P
        cur = 0
 
        while (temp % i == 0):
            temp //= i
 
            # Count the frequency of the
            # current prime factor
            cur += 1
 
        # If cur is less than frequency
        # then P is the final result
        if (cur < frequency):
            ans = P
            break
 
        temp = P
 
        # Iterate to get temporary answer
        for j in range(cur, frequency-1, -1):
            temp //= i
 
        # Update current answer
        ans = max(temp, ans)
 
    # Print the desired result
    print(ans)
 
 
# Driver Code
if __name__ == "__main__":
 
    # Given P and Q
    P = 10
    Q = 4
 
    # Function Call
    findTheGreatestX(P, Q)
 
    # This code is contributed by chitranayal


C#




// C# program to implement
// the above approach
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System;
using System.Linq;
 
class GFG{
 
// Function to find the largest number
// X such that it divides P but is not
// divisible by Q
static void findTheGreatestX(int P, int Q)
{
     
    // Stores the frequency count of
    // of all Prime Factors
    Dictionary<int,
               int> divisers = new Dictionary<int,
                                              int>();
                                               
    for(int i = 2; i * i <= Q; i++)
    {
        while (Q % i == 0 && Q > 1)
        {
            Q /= i;
             
            // Increment the frequency
            // of the current prime factor
            if (divisers.ContainsKey(i))
                divisers[i]++;
            else
                divisers[i] = 1;
        }
    }
 
    // If Q is a prime factor
    if (Q > 1)
    {
        if (divisers.ContainsKey(Q))
            divisers[Q]++;
        else
            divisers[Q] = 1;
    }
 
    // Stores the desired result
    int ans = 0;
    var val = divisers.Keys.ToList();
 
    // Iterate through all divisors of Q
    foreach(var key in val)
    {
        int frequency = divisers[key];
        int temp = P;
         
        // Stores the frequency count
        // of current prime divisor on
        // dividing P
        int cur = 0;
 
        while (temp % key == 0)
        {
            temp /= key;
             
            // Count the frequency of the
            // current prime factor
            cur++;
        }
 
        // If cur is less than frequency
        // then P is the final result
        if (cur < frequency)
        {
            ans = P;
            break;
        }
 
        temp = P;
 
        // Iterate to get temporary answer
        for(int j = cur; j >= frequency; j--)
        {
            temp /= key;
        }
 
        // Update current answer
        ans = Math.Max(temp, ans);
    }
 
    // Print the desired result
    Console.WriteLine(ans);
}
 
// Driver Code
public static void Main(String[] args)
{
     
    // Given P and Q
    int P = 10, Q = 4;
 
    // Function Call
    findTheGreatestX(P, Q);
}
}
 
// This code is contributed by Stream_Cipher


Javascript




<script>
 
// Javascript program to implement
// the above approach
 
// Function to find the largest number
// X such that it divides P but is not
// divisible by Q
function findTheGreatestX(P, Q)
{
     
    // Stores the frequency count of
    // of all Prime Factors
    var divisors = new Map();
 
    for(var i = 2; i * i <= Q; i++)
    {
        while (Q % i == 0 && Q > 1)
        {
            Q = parseInt(Q / i);
 
            // Increment the frequency
            // of the current prime factor
            if (divisors.has(i))
                divisors.set(i, divisors.get(i) + 1)
            else
                divisors.set(i, 1)
        }
    }
 
    // If Q is a prime factor
    if (Q > 1)
        if (divisors.has(Q))
            divisors.set(Q, divisors.get(Q) + 1)
        else
            divisors.set(Q, 1)
 
    // Stores the desired result
    var ans = 0;
 
    // Iterate through all divisors of Q
    divisors.forEach((value, key) => {
        var frequency = value;
        var temp = P;
 
        // Stores the frequency count
        // of current prime divisor on
        // dividing P
        var cur = 0;
 
        while (temp % key == 0)
        {
            temp = parseInt(temp / key);
             
            // Count the frequency of the
            // current prime factor
            cur++;
        }
 
        // If cur is less than frequency
        // then P is the final result
        if (cur < frequency)
        {
            ans = P;
        }
        temp = P;
 
        // Iterate to get temporary answer
        for(var j = cur; j >= frequency; j--)
        {
            temp = parseInt(temp / key);
        }
 
        // Update current answer
        ans = Math.max(temp, ans);
    });
 
    // Print the desired result
    document.write(ans);
}
 
// Driver Code
 
// Given P and Q
var P = 10, Q = 4;
 
// Function Call
findTheGreatestX(P, Q);
 
// This code is contributed by itsok
 
</script>


Output

10

Time Complexity: O(sqrt(Q) + log(P) * log(Q))
Auxiliary Space: O(Q)



Last Updated : 03 Mar, 2022
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