in reply to Re^3: OT: Finding Factor Closest To Square Root
in thread OT: Finding Factor Closest To Square Root

For the case of 1994, I'd say 2 is closer to 44.65... than 997. For 1993, I'd probably go with 1 over 1e99 or 1993. For 99999999, I think 9999 (101*11*3*3) is closest. (I'm just basing this on the comments after the __END__ tag in your code, 'cause I'm to lazy to install Math::Big::Factor)

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Re^5: OT: Finding Factor Closest To Square Root
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Feb 19, 2005 at 20:11 UTC
    , 'cause I'm to lazy to install Math::Big::Factor

    I think that Math::Big::Factor may be a red-herring anyway. See Re: OT: Finding Factor Closest To Square Root.

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