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Given an integer N, the task is to find the maximum possible GCD of a pair of integers such that their sum is N.

Examples :

Input: N = 30 
Output: 15 
Explanation: GCD of (15, 15) is 15, which is the maximum possible GCD

Input: N = 33 
Output: 11 
Explanation: GCD of (11, 22) is 11, which is the maximum possible GCD

Naive Approach: 
The simplest approach to solve this problem is to calculate GCD for all pair of integers with sum N and find the maximum possible GCD among them. 
Time complexity: O(N2logN) 
Auxiliary Space: O(1)

Efficient Approach: 
Follow the steps given below to optimize the above approach:

  • Iterate up to ?N and find the largest proper factor of N.
  • If N is prime, i.e. no factor could be obtained, print 1, as all pairs are co-prime.
  • Otherwise, print the largest possible factor as the answer.

Below is the implementation of the above approach:

C++




// C++ Program to find the maximum
// possible GCD of any pair with
// sum N
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
 
// Function to find the required
// GCD value
int maxGCD(int N)
{
    for (int i = 2; i * i <= N; i++) {
 
        // If i is a factor of N
        if (N % i == 0) {
 
            // Return the largest
            // factor possible
            return N / i;
        }
    }
 
    // If N is a prime number
    return 1;
}
 
// Driver Code
int main()
{
    int N = 33;
    cout << "Maximum Possible GCD value is : "
        << maxGCD(N) << endl;
    return 0;
}


Java




// Java program to find the maximum
// possible GCD of any pair with
// sum N
import java.io.*;
public class GFG{
 
// Function to find the required
// GCD value
static int maxGCD(int N)
{
    for(int i = 2; i * i <= N; i++)
    {
 
        // If i is a factor of N
        if (N % i == 0)
        {
 
            // Return the largest
            // factor possible
            return N / i;
        }
    }
 
    // If N is a prime number
    return 1;
}
     
// Driver Code
public static void main(String[] args)
{
    int N = 33;
    System.out.println("Maximum Possible GCD " +
                       "value is : " + maxGCD(N));
}
}
 
// This code is conhtributed by rutvik_56


Python3




# Python3 program to find the maximum
# possible GCD of any pair with
# sum N
 
# Function to find the required
# GCD value
def maxGCD(N):
     
    i = 2
    while(i * i <= N):
 
        # If i is a factor of N
        if (N % i == 0):
 
            # Return the largest
            # factor possible
            return N // i
         
        i += 1
 
    # If N is a prime number
    return 1
 
# Driver Code
N = 33
 
print("Maximum Possible GCD value is : ",
       maxGCD(N))
 
# This code is contributed by code_hunt


C#




// C# program to find the maximum
// possible GCD of any pair with
// sum N
using System;
 
class GFG{
 
// Function to find the required
// GCD value
static int maxGCD(int N)
{
    for(int i = 2; i * i <= N; i++)
    {
 
        // If i is a factor of N
        if (N % i == 0)
        {
 
            // Return the largest
            // factor possible
            return N / i;
        }
    }
 
    // If N is a prime number
    return 1;
}
     
// Driver Code
public static void Main(String[] args)
{
    int N = 33;
    Console.WriteLine("Maximum Possible GCD " +
                      "value is : " + maxGCD(N));
}
}
 
// This code is contributed by Princi Singh


Javascript




<script>
 
// Javascript program to find the maximum
// possible GCD of any pair with
// sum N
 
// Function to find the required
// GCD value
function maxGCD(N)
{
    for(var i = 2; i * i <= N; i++)
    {
         
        // If i is a factor of N
        if (N % i == 0)
        {
             
            // Return the largest
            // factor possible
            return N / i;
        }
    }
 
    // If N is a prime number
    return 1;
}
 
// Driver code
var N = 33;
document.write("Maximum Possible GCD " +
               "value is :" + maxGCD(N));
 
// This code is contributed by Ankita saini.
    
</script>


Output: 

Maximum Possible GCD value is : 11

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



Last Updated : 16 Dec, 2022
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