""" Totient maximum Problem 69: https://projecteuler.net/problem=69 Euler's Totient function, φ(n) [sometimes called the phi function], is used to determine the number of numbers less than n which are relatively prime to n. For example, as 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, and 8, are all less than nine and relatively prime to nine, φ(9)=6. n Relatively Prime φ(n) n/φ(n) 2 1 1 2 3 1,2 2 1.5 4 1,3 2 2 5 1,2,3,4 4 1.25 6 1,5 2 3 7 1,2,3,4,5,6 6 1.1666... 8 1,3,5,7 4 2 9 1,2,4,5,7,8 6 1.5 10 1,3,7,9 4 2.5 It can be seen that n=6 produces a maximum n/φ(n) for n ≤ 10. Find the value of n ≤ 1,000,000 for which n/φ(n) is a maximum. """ def solution(n: int = 10 ** 6) -> int: """ Returns solution to problem. Algorithm: 1. Precompute φ(k) for all natural k, k <= n using product formula (wikilink below) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euler%27s_totient_function#Euler's_product_formula 2. Find k/φ(k) for all k ≤ n and return the k that attains maximum >>> solution(10) 6 >>> solution(100) 30 >>> solution(9973) 2310 """ if n <= 0: raise ValueError("Please enter an integer greater than 0") phi = list(range(n + 1)) for number in range(2, n + 1): if phi[number] == number: phi[number] -= 1 for multiple in range(number * 2, n + 1, number): phi[multiple] = (phi[multiple] // number) * (number - 1) answer = 1 for number in range(1, n + 1): if (answer / phi[answer]) < (number / phi[number]): answer = number return answer if __name__ == "__main__": print(solution())