Mercurial > octave
changeset 31405:cd33d20283f4
doc: Add text to factor.m about how to factorize input > flintmax.
author | Arun Giridhar <arungiridhar@gmail.com> |
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date | Sun, 06 Nov 2022 13:31:02 -0500 |
parents | 3ea38ae97cc6 |
children | 658cce403bc7 |
files | scripts/specfun/factor.m |
diffstat | 1 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/scripts/specfun/factor.m Sun Nov 06 18:20:04 2022 +0100 +++ b/scripts/specfun/factor.m Sun Nov 06 13:31:02 2022 -0500 @@ -36,8 +36,28 @@ ## their multiplicities. That is, ## @code{prod (@var{pf} .^ @var{n}) == @var{q}}. ## -## Implementation Note: The input @var{q} must be less than @code{flintmax} -## when the input is a floating-point class (double or single). +## Implementation Note: If the input @var{q} is @code{single} or @code{double}, +## then it must not exceed the corresponding @code{flintmax}. For larger +## inputs, cast them to @code{uint64} if they're less than 2^64: +## +## @example +## @group +## factor (uint64 (18446744073709011493)) +## @result{} 571111 761213 42431951 +## @end group +## @end example +## +## For even larger inputs, use @code{sym} if you have the symbolic package +## installed and loaded: +## +## @example +## @group +## factor (sym ('9444733049654361449941')) +## @result{} (sym) +## 1 1 +## 1099511627689 ⋅8589934669 +## @end group +## @end example ## @seealso{gcd, lcm, isprime, primes} ## @end deftypefn