Add iterations per cycle & optional sqrt optimization

qml/Main.qml

@@ -15,39 +15,28 @@ ApplicationWindow {
 
     ColumnLayout {
         anchors.fill: parent
-        spacing: 10
+        spacing: 15
 
-        Text {
+        GroupBox {
-            text: "Enter a number to factorize:"
+            title: "Input"
-            font.pixelSize: 16
+            Layout.fillWidth: true
-            Layout.alignment: Qt.AlignHCenter
+
-        }
+            ColumnLayout {
+                spacing: 10
 
                 TextField {
                     id: numberInput
-            placeholderText: "Enter number"
+                    placeholderText: "Enter a number"
                     // NOTE: We can't use the IntValidator here, since it doesn't support 64-bit values (long long)
                     Layout.fillWidth: true
-            onTextChanged: {
+                    font.pixelSize: 16
-                // If the number changes, reset
+                    onTextChanged: factorizationController.reset()
-                factorizationController.reset();
-            }
                 }
 
                 RowLayout {
                     Layout.fillWidth: true
-            spacing: 10
-
                     Button {
-                text: {
+                        text: factorizationController.isPaused ? "Resume" : factorizationController.isRunning ? "..." : "Start"
-                    if (factorizationController.isPaused) {
-                        return "Resume";
-                    } else if (factorizationController.isRunning) {
-                        return "...";
-                    } else {
-                        return "Start";
-                    }
-                }
                         Layout.fillWidth: true
                         enabled: !factorizationController.isRunning
                         onClicked: {
@@ -66,6 +55,47 @@ ApplicationWindow {
                         onClicked: factorizationController.stop()
                     }
                 }
+            }
+        }
+
+        GroupBox {
+            title: "Settings"
+            Layout.fillWidth: true
+            ColumnLayout {
+                spacing: 10
+
+                RowLayout {
+                    Layout.fillWidth: true
+
+                    Text {
+                        text: "Iterations per cycle:"
+                        Layout.alignment: Qt.AlignLeft
+                    }
+
+                    Slider {
+                        id: iterationSlider
+                        Layout.fillWidth: true
+                        from: 1
+                        to: 100000
+                        stepSize: 1
+                        value: 1
+                        onValueChanged: factorizationController.iterationsPerCycle = value
+                    }
+
+                    Text {
+                        text: iterationSlider.value.toFixed(0)
+                        font.bold: true
+                        Layout.alignment: Qt.AlignRight
+                    }
+                }
+
+                CheckBox {
+                    text: "Stop at sqrt(n)"
+                    checked: true
+                    onCheckedChanged: factorizationController.useSqrtOptimization = checked
+                }
+            }
+        }
 
         ProgressBar {
             Layout.fillWidth: true
@@ -74,32 +104,34 @@ ApplicationWindow {
             value: factorizationController.progress
         }
 
+        GroupBox {
+            title: "Current Status"
+            Layout.fillWidth: true
+            ColumnLayout {
+                spacing: 5
+
                 Text {
                     text: "Current Factor: " + factorizationController.currentFactor
                     font.pixelSize: 14
                     Layout.alignment: Qt.AlignHCenter
                 }
-
+            }
-        Text {
-            text: "Factors Found:"
-            font.pixelSize: 14
-            Layout.alignment: Qt.AlignHCenter
         }
 
-        ListView {
+        GroupBox {
+            title: "Factors Found"
             Layout.fillWidth: true
             Layout.fillHeight: true
-            model: factorizationController.factors
+
-            delegate: Text {
+            Text {
-                text: modelData
+                text: factorizationController.factors.join(", ")
                 font.pixelSize: 14
-                horizontalAlignment: Text.AlignHCenter
+                color: "black"
-                width: parent.width
             }
         }
 
         Text {
-            text: "Warning: This only shows factors below sqrt(num)"
+            text: factorizationController.useSqrtOptimization ? "Note: Only factors up to sqrt(n) are shown." : "Note: Finding all factors (slower)."
             font.pixelSize: 12
             Layout.alignment: Qt.AlignHCenter
         }

src/FactorizationController.cpp

@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 #include <cassert>
 #include <cmath>
 
-FactorizationController::FactorizationController(QObject* parent) : QObject{parent}, m_isRunning(false), m_currentFactNumber(0), m_currentFactor(2) {
+FactorizationController::FactorizationController(QObject* parent) :
+    QObject{parent}, m_isRunning(false), m_useSqrtOptimization(true), m_iterationsPerCycle(1), m_currentFactNumber(0), m_currentFactor(2) {
     assert(connect(&m_timer, &QTimer::timeout, this, &FactorizationController::onTimerTick));
 }
 
@@ -36,6 +37,31 @@ bool FactorizationController::isPaused() const {
     return m_isPaused;
 }
 
+bool FactorizationController::useSqrtOptimization() const {
+    return m_useSqrtOptimization;
+}
+
+void FactorizationController::setUseSqrtOptimization(bool value) {
+    if (value == m_useSqrtOptimization)
+        return;
+
+    m_useSqrtOptimization = value;
+    emit useSqrtOptimizationChanged();
+    reset();
+}
+
+int FactorizationController::iterationsPerCycle() const {
+    return m_iterationsPerCycle;
+}
+
+void FactorizationController::setIterationsPerCycle(int number) {
+    if (number == m_iterationsPerCycle)
+        return;
+
+    m_iterationsPerCycle = number;
+    emit iterationsPerCycleChanged();
+}
+
 long long FactorizationController::currentFactor() const {
     return m_currentFactor;
 }
@@ -48,8 +74,6 @@ void FactorizationController::start(long long number) {
     m_originalNumber = number;
     m_currentFactNumber = number;
     m_currentFactor = 2;
-    // we could also just compute this every time, but sqrt is pretty expensive
-    m_stopFactor = static_cast<long long>(std::sqrt(m_currentFactNumber));
     m_isRunning = true;
     m_isFinished = false;
     m_factors.clear();
@@ -60,6 +84,13 @@ void FactorizationController::start(long long number) {
     emit progressChanged();
     emit factorsChanged();
 
+    if (m_useSqrtOptimization) {
+        // we could also just compute this every time, but sqrt is pretty expensive
+        m_stopFactor = static_cast<long long>(std::sqrt(m_currentFactNumber));
+    } else {
+        m_stopFactor = m_currentFactNumber;
+    }
+
     m_timer.start(0);
 }
 
@@ -108,7 +139,12 @@ void FactorizationController::reset() {
 }
 
 void FactorizationController::onTimerTick() {
+    for (int i = 0; i < m_iterationsPerCycle; i++) {
+        if (!m_isRunning)
+            break;
+
         factorize();
+    }
 }
 
 void FactorizationController::factorize() {

src/FactorizationController.h

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 #include <QObject>
 #include <QTimer>
+#include <QVariant>
 #include <qqmlintegration.h>
 #include <qtmetamacros.h>
 
@@ -11,8 +12,11 @@
  * @brief A class that performs integer factorization in a step-by-step manner.
  *
  * This class uses a timer to progressively factorize a given number, allowing
- * for real-time updates on progress and discovered factors. It is designed
+ * for real-time updates on progress and discovered factors. The computation will
- * to be used in a Qt-based QML application.
+ * run in a single thread, utilizing 0 tick timers to perform a small number of
+ * iterations on each cycle of the event loop.
+ *
+ * It is designed to be used in a Qt-based QML application.
  */
 class FactorizationController : public QObject {
     Q_OBJECT
@@ -20,6 +24,8 @@ class FactorizationController : public QObject {
     Q_PROPERTY(bool isRunning READ isRunning NOTIFY isRunningChanged)
     Q_PROPERTY(bool isFinished READ isFinished NOTIFY isFinishedChanged)
     Q_PROPERTY(bool isPaused READ isPaused NOTIFY isPausedChanged)
+    Q_PROPERTY(int iterationsPerCycle READ iterationsPerCycle WRITE setIterationsPerCycle NOTIFY iterationsPerCycleChanged)
+    Q_PROPERTY(bool useSqrtOptimization READ useSqrtOptimization WRITE setUseSqrtOptimization NOTIFY useSqrtOptimizationChanged)
     Q_PROPERTY(long long number READ number NOTIFY numberChanged)
     Q_PROPERTY(long long currentFactor READ currentFactor NOTIFY currentFactorChanged)
     Q_PROPERTY(int progress READ progress NOTIFY progressChanged)
@@ -68,6 +74,18 @@ class FactorizationController : public QObject {
      */
     bool isPaused() const;
 
+    /**
+     * @brief Gets the number of iterations to be performed per cycle.
+     * @return The number of iterations performed per cycle.
+     */
+    int iterationsPerCycle() const;
+
+    /**
+     * @brief Checks whether sqrt optimization is enabled.
+     * @return True if the sqrt optimization is enabled, otherwise False.
+     */
+    bool useSqrtOptimization() const;
+
     /**
      * @brief Gets the original number being factorized.
      * @return The number being factorized.
@@ -94,6 +112,37 @@ class FactorizationController : public QObject {
      */
     QList<long long> factors() const;
 
+    // endregion
+    // region: Setters
+
+    /**
+     * @brief Set the number of iterations per cycle.
+     *
+     * This is a way to speed up the computation, by increasing the amount of iterations
+     * performed per each computation (on every event loop cycle). Setting this to a number
+     * too high might lead to OS thinking the application is not responding, and the UI
+     * feeling slow. The optimal number depends on the speed of the CPU and the allocated
+     * CPU time to this process.
+     *
+     * This value can be changed even as a computation is ongoing.
+     */
+    void setIterationsPerCycle(int number);
+
+    /**
+     * @brief Enable or disable using sqrt optimizations.
+     *
+     * When sqrt optimization is enabled, only factors up to sqrt of the original number
+     * will be checked. This allows the algorithm to finish quicker.
+     *
+     * If the intention is purely to check whether number is or isn't prime, this optimization
+     * is very useful. However, enabling it will lead to some factors not being found, so if
+     * you wish to perform a full factorization, leave this turned off.
+     *
+     * Note that changing this value while the computation is in progress will reset the
+     * computation.
+     */
+    void setUseSqrtOptimization(bool value);
+
     // endregion
     // region: Functions
 
@@ -135,11 +184,13 @@ class FactorizationController : public QObject {
   signals:
     void isRunningChanged();
     void isFinishedChanged();
+    void isPausedChanged();
+    void useSqrtOptimizationChanged();
+    void iterationsPerCycleChanged();
     void numberChanged();
     void currentFactorChanged();
     void factorsChanged();
     void progressChanged();
-    void isPausedChanged();
 
   private slots:
     void onTimerTick();
@@ -148,6 +199,8 @@ class FactorizationController : public QObject {
     bool m_isRunning; ///< Indicates whether factorization is active.
     bool m_isFinished; ///< Indicates whether the factorization process is done.
     bool m_isPaused; ///< Indicates whether the factorization process is paused (can be resumed).
+    bool m_useSqrtOptimization; ///< Indicates whether to use the sqrt optimization
+    int m_iterationsPerCycle; ///< The number of iterations to perform per cycle.
     long long m_currentFactNumber; ///< The number currently being factorized.
     long long m_originalNumber; ///< The original input number.
     long long m_currentFactor; ///< The current divisor being checked.