What are the divisors of 4679?

1, 4679

There is a total of 2 positive divisors.
The sum of these divisors is 4680.
The arithmetic mean is 2340.

2 odd divisors

1, 4679

How to compute the divisors of 4679?

A number N is said to be divisible by a number M (with M non-zero) if, when we divide N by M, the remainder of the division is zero.

$N mod M = 0$

Brute force algorithm

We could start by using a brute-force method which would involve dividing 4679 by each of the numbers from 1 to 4679 to determine which ones have a remainder equal to 0.

$Remainder = N - (M \times ⌊ \frac{N}{M} ⌋)$

(where $⌊ \frac{N}{M} ⌋$ is the integer part of the quotient)

4679 / 1 = 4679 (the remainder is 0, so 1 is a divisor of 4679)
4679 / 2 = 2339.5 (the remainder is 1, so 2 is not a divisor of 4679)
4679 / 3 = 1559.6666666667 (the remainder is 2, so 3 is not a divisor of 4679)
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4679 / 4678 = 1.0002137665669 (the remainder is 1, so 4678 is not a divisor of 4679)
4679 / 4679 = 1 (the remainder is 0, so 4679 is a divisor of 4679)

Improved algorithm using square-root

However, there is another slightly better approach that reduces the number of iterations by testing only integers less than or equal to the square root of 4679 (i.e. 68.403216298651). Indeed, if a number N has a divisor D greater than its square root, then there is necessarily a smaller divisor d such that:

$D \times d = N$

(thus, if $\frac{N}{D} = d$ , then $\frac{N}{d} = D$ )

4679 / 1 = 4679 (the remainder is 0, so 1 and 4679 are divisors of 4679)
4679 / 2 = 2339.5 (the remainder is 1, so 2 is not a divisor of 4679)
4679 / 3 = 1559.6666666667 (the remainder is 2, so 3 is not a divisor of 4679)
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4679 / 67 = 69.835820895522 (the remainder is 56, so 67 is not a divisor of 4679)
4679 / 68 = 68.808823529412 (the remainder is 55, so 68 is not a divisor of 4679)