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Added a new Maths algorithm to determine if two non-null integers are "friendly numbers" (#1267)
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Maths/FriendlyNumbers.js

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/*
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'In number theory, friendly numbers are two or more natural numbers with a common abundancy index, the
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ratio between the sum of divisors of a number and the number itself.'
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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friendly_number
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See also: https://mathworld.wolfram.com/FriendlyNumber.html#:~:text=The%20numbers%20known%20to%20be,numbers%20have%20a%20positive%20density.
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*/
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export const FriendlyNumbers = (firstNumber, secondNumber) => {
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// input: two integers
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// output: true if the two integers are friendly numbers, false if they are not friendly numbers
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// First, check that the parameters are valid
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if (!Number.isInteger(firstNumber) || !Number.isInteger(secondNumber) || firstNumber === 0 || secondNumber === 0 || firstNumber === secondNumber) {
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throw new Error('The two parameters must be distinct, non-null integers')
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}
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return abundancyIndex(firstNumber) === abundancyIndex(secondNumber)
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}
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function abundancyIndex (number) {
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return sumDivisors(number) / number
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}
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function sumDivisors (number) {
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let runningSumDivisors = number
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for (let i = 0; i < number / 2; i++) {
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if (Number.isInteger(number / i)) {
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runningSumDivisors += i
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}
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}
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return runningSumDivisors
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}

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