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										 |  |  | title: 'Problem 418: Factorisation triples' | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | # --description--
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										 |  |  | Let n be a positive integer. An integer triple (a, b, c) is called a factorisation triple of n if: 1 ≤ a ≤ b ≤ c | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | a·b·c = n. | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | Define f(n) to be a + b + c for the factorisation triple (a, b, c) of n which minimises c / a. One can show that this triple is unique. | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | For example, f(165) = 19, f(100100) = 142 and f(20!) = 4034872. | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | Find f(43!). | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | # --hints--
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										 |  |  | `euler418()` should return 1177163565297340400. | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | ```js | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | assert.strictEqual(euler418(), 1177163565297340400); | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | ``` | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | # --seed--
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							|  |  |  | ## --seed-contents--
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							|  |  |  | ```js | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | function euler418() { | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  |   return true; | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | } | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | euler418(); | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | ``` | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | # --solutions--
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										 |  |  | ```js | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | // solution required | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | ``` |