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Divisors occur in pairs. For instance, the divisors of 18 are (1, 18), (2, 9) and (3, 6). If we write out divisors in pairs, how many numbers do we have to examine between 1 and n to find all the divisors of n?

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We only need to examine numbers from 1 up to ⌊√n⌋. Because any divisor d larger than √n pairs with a quotient n/d smaller than √n, testing up to √n finds them all.

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  1. We only need to examine numbers from 1 up to √n (specifically, the integer part ⌊√n⌋). If a number d divides n, then n/d is also a divisor. One factor in the pair must always be less than or equal to √n, so finding all smaller divisors automatically discovers the paired larger ones without scanning all the way to n.

     

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