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069 - Totient Maximum

Problem 69 / Challenge #69: Totient Maximum

Euler's totient function, $\phi(n)$ [sometimes called the phi function], is defined as the number of positive integers not exceeding $n$ which are relatively prime to $n$. For example, as $1$, $2$, $4$, $5$, $7$, and $8$, are all less than or equal to nine and relatively prime to nine, $\phi(9)=6$.

$n$ Relatively Prime $\phi(n)$ $n/\phi(n)$
2 1 1 2
3 1,2 2 1.5
4 1,3 2 2
5 1,2,3,4 4 1.25
6 1,5 2 3
7 1,2,3,4,5,6 6 1.1666...
8 1,3,5,7 4 2
9 1,2,4,5,7,8 6 1.5
10 1,3,7,9 4 2.5

It can be seen that $n = 6$ produces a maximum $n/\phi(n)$ for $n\leq 10$.

Find the value of $n\leq 1,000,000$ for which $n/\phi(n)$ is a maximum.

ProjectEuler+ Problem Statement

The Project Euler problem is equivalent to the ProjectEuler+ challenge with $T = 1$, $N = 1\,000\,001$, and N_UPPER_BOUND = 1_000_001.