RosettaCodeData/Task/Prime-decomposition/Ruby/prime-decomposition-3.rb

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# Get prime decomposition of integer _i_.
# This routine is more efficient than prime_factors,
# and quite similar to Integer#prime_division of MRI 1.9.
def prime_factors_faster(i)
factors = []
check = proc do |p|
while(q, r = i.divmod(p)
r.zero?)
factors << p
i = q
end
end
check[2]
check[3]
p = 5
while p * p <= i
check[p]
p += 2
check[p]
p += 4 # skip multiples of 2 and 3
end
factors << i if i > 1
factors
end
# Example: Decompose all possible Mersenne primes up to 2**70-1.
# This may take several minutes to show that 2**61-1 is prime,
# but 2**62-1 and 2**67-1 are not prime.
(2..70).each do |i|
factors = prime_factors_faster(2**i-1)
puts "2**#{i}-1 = #{2**i-1} = #{factors.join(' * ')}"
end