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Goldbach's Conjecture
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//calling goldbach(n) will give you two prime numbers that add up to it, as long as n is even. Otherwise it will just return [-1,-1] | |
function findPrimesLowerThan(n){ | |
//find all primes less than or equal to the given n number | |
primes = [2] | |
current = 3 | |
while(current<n+1){ | |
isPrime = true | |
for (i = 0; i<primes.length;i++){ | |
if (current % primes[i]==0){ | |
isPrime = false; | |
} | |
} | |
if(isPrime){ | |
primes.push(current) | |
} | |
current++; | |
} | |
return primes; | |
} | |
//findPrimesLowerThan(5) | |
function goldbach(n){ | |
//given a natural number n, find the two prime numbers that add up to it. | |
if(n%2==1){ | |
return [-1,-1]; } | |
primes= findPrimesLowerThan(n) | |
for (i = 0 ; i<primes.length ; i++){ | |
for(j = 0 ; j<primes.length;j++){ | |
if (primes[i]+primes[j] == n){ | |
return [primes[i],primes[j]]; | |
} | |
} | |
} | |
} | |
goldbach(28) |
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