Prime Numbers in Java - Algorithms

Question

I have started learning to code in Java and decided I would use the Project Euler site to give me little tasks to try and complete with each bit of new coding I learn. So I came

Answer 1

Since you are doing this as a learning exercise, when you have improved you current program enough, why not try solving the same problem in a different way? The Fermat Factorization Method finds large factors first.