Square Free Number
Given a number, check if it is square-free or not. A number is said to be square-free if no prime factor divides it more than once, i.e., the largest power of a prime factor that divides n is one. First few square-free numbers are 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 17, 19, 21, 22, 23, 26, 29, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39, …
Examples:
Input: n = 10
Output: Yes
Explanation: 10 can be factorized as 2*5. Since no prime factor appears more than once, it is a square free number.Input: n = 20
Output: No
Explanation: 20 can be factorized as 2 * 2 * 5. Since prime factor appears more than once, it is not a square free number.
The idea is simple, one by one find all prime factors. For every prime factor, we check if its square also divides n. If yes, then we return false. Finally, if we do not find a prime factor that is divisible more than once, we return false.
C++
// C++ Program to print // all prime factors # include <bits/stdc++.h> using namespace std; // Returns true if n is a square free // number, else returns false. bool isSquareFree( int n) { if (n % 2 == 0) n = n/2; // If 2 again divides n, then n is // not a square free number. if (n % 2 == 0) return false ; // n must be odd at this point. So we can // skip one element (Note i = i +2) for ( int i = 3; i <= sqrt (n); i = i+2) { // Check if i is a prime factor if (n % i == 0) { n = n/i; // If i again divides, then // n is not square free if (n % i == 0) return false ; } } return true ; } // Driver Code int main() { int n = 10; if (isSquareFree(n)) cout << "Yes" ; else cout << "No" ; return 0; } |
Java
// Java Program to print // all prime factors class GFG { // Returns true if n is a square free // number, else returns false. static boolean isSquareFree( int n) { if (n % 2 == 0 ) n = n / 2 ; // If 2 again divides n, then n is // not a square free number. if (n % 2 == 0 ) return false ; // n must be odd at this point. So we can // skip one element (Note i = i +2) for ( int i = 3 ; i <= Math.sqrt(n); i = i + 2 ) { // Check if i is a prime factor if (n % i == 0 ) { n = n / i; // If i again divides, then // n is not square free if (n % i == 0 ) return false ; } } return true ; } /* Driver program to test above function */ public static void main(String[] args) { int n = 10 ; if (isSquareFree(n)) System.out.println( "Yes" ); else System.out.println( "No" ); } } // This code is contributed by prerna saini. |
Python3
# Python3 Program to print # all prime factors from math import sqrt # Returns true if n is # a square free number, # else returns false. def isSquareFree(n): if n % 2 = = 0 : n = n / 2 # If 2 again divides n, # then n is not a square # free number. if n % 2 = = 0 : return False # n must be odd at this # point. So we can skip # one element # (Note i = i + 2) for i in range ( 3 , int (sqrt(n) + 1 )): # Check if i is a prime # factor if n % i = = 0 : n = n / i # If i again divides, then # n is not square free if n % i = = 0 : return False return True # Driver program n = 10 if isSquareFree(n): print ( "Yes" ) else : print ( "No" ) # This code is contributed by Shreyanshi Arun. |
C#
// C# Program to print // all prime factors using System; class GFG { // Returns true if n is a square free // number, else returns false. static bool isSquareFree( int n) { if (n % 2 == 0) n = n / 2; // If 2 again divides n, then n is // not a square free number. if (n % 2 == 0) return false ; // n must be odd at this point. So we can // skip one element (Note i = i +2) for ( int i = 3; i <= Math.Sqrt(n); i = i + 2) { // Check if i is a prime factor if (n % i == 0) { n = n / i; // If i again divides, then // n is not square free if (n % i == 0) return false ; } } return true ; } // Driver program public static void Main() { int n = 10; if (isSquareFree(n)) Console.WriteLine( "Yes" ); else Console.WriteLine( "No" ); } } // This code is contributed by vt_m. |
PHP
<?php // PHP Program to print // all prime factors // Returns true if n is a square free // number, else returns false. function isSquareFree( $n ) { if ( $n % 2 == 0) $n = $n / 2; // If 2 again divides n, then n is // not a square free number. if ( $n % 2 == 0) return false; // n must be odd at this // point. So we can skip // one element (Note i = i +2) for ( $i = 3; $i <= sqrt( $n ); $i = $i + 2) { // Check if i is a prime factor if ( $n % $i == 0) { $n = $n / $i ; // If i again divides, then // n is not square free if ( $n % $i == 0) return false; } } return true; } // Driver Code $n = 10; if (isSquareFree( $n )) echo ( "Yes" ); else echo ( "No" ); // This code is contributed by Ajit. ?> |
Javascript
<script> // JavaScript Program to print // all prime factors // Returns true if n is a square free // number, else returns false. function isSquareFree(n) { if (n % 2 == 0) n = n / 2; // If 2 again divides n, then n is // not a square free number. if (n % 2 == 0) return false ; // n must be odd at this point. So we can // skip one element (Note i = i +2) for (let i = 3; i <= Math.sqrt(n); i = i + 2) { // Check if i is a prime factor if (n % i == 0) { n = n / i; // If i again divides, then // n is not square free if (n % i == 0) return false ; } } return true ; } // Driver code let n = 10; if (isSquareFree(n)) document.write( "Yes" ); else document.write( "No" ); </script> |
Yes
Time Complexity: O(sqrt(N)), In the worst case when the number is a perfect square, then there will be sqrt(n)/2 iterations.
Auxiliary Space: O(1)