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[+63] [7] kiss my armpit
[2013-09-05 10:34:41]
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[ https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/131689/how-to-automatically-draw-tree-diagram-of-prime-factorization-with-latex ]

I want to have a simple interface to automatically draw tree diagrams of prime factorization. For example, by invoking the following code,

\PrimeTree{36}
\PrimeTree{90}
\PrimeTree{112}
\PrimeTree{612}
\PrimeTree{7875}
\PrimeTree{22230}

we will get the following output.

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How to do this in LaTeX (PSTricks, TikZ, Asymptote, Metapost, etc)?

My uneducated effort is as follows.

\documentclass[border=3pt,preview,varwidth,multi]{standalone}
\usepackage{pst-tree}
\psset{levelsep=1,treesep=1,nodesep=2pt}


\begin{document}

\preview
\psTree{\TR{36}}
    \Tcircle{2}
    \psTree{\TR{18}}
        \Tcircle{2}
        \psTree{\TR{9}}
            \Tcircle{3}
            \Tcircle{3}
        \endpsTree
    \endpsTree
\endpsTree
\endpreview

\preview
\psTree{\TR{90}}
    \Tcircle{2}
    \psTree{\TR{45}}
        \Tcircle{3}
        \psTree{\TR{15}}
            \Tcircle{3}
            \Tcircle{5}
        \endpsTree
    \endpsTree
\endpsTree
\endpreview

\preview
\psTree{\TR{112}}
    \Tcircle{2}
    \psTree{\TR{56}}
        \Tcircle{2}
        \psTree{\TR{28}}
            \Tcircle{2}
            \psTree{\TR{14}}
                \Tcircle{2}
                \Tcircle{7}
            \endpsTree
        \endpsTree
    \endpsTree
\endpsTree
\endpreview

\preview
\psTree{\TR{612}}
    \Tcircle{2}
    \psTree{\TR{306}}
        \Tcircle{2}
        \psTree{\TR{153}}
            \Tcircle{3}
            \psTree{\TR{51}}
                \Tcircle{3}
                \Tcircle{17}
            \endpsTree
        \endpsTree
    \endpsTree
\endpsTree
\endpreview

\preview
\psTree{\TR{7875}}
    \Tcircle{3}
    \psTree{\TR{2625}}
        \Tcircle{3}
        \psTree{\TR{875}}
            \Tcircle{5}
            \psTree{\TR{175}}
                \Tcircle{5}
                \psTree{\TR{35}}
                    \Tcircle{5}
                    \Tcircle{7}
                \endpsTree
            \endpsTree
        \endpsTree
    \endpsTree
\endpsTree
\endpreview

\preview
\psTree{\TR{22230}}
    \Tcircle{2}
    \psTree{\TR{11115}}
        \Tcircle{3}
        \psTree{\TR{3705}}
            \Tcircle{3}
            \psTree{\TR{1235}}
                \Tcircle{5}
                \psTree{\TR{247}}
                    \Tcircle{13}
                    \Tcircle{19}
                \endpsTree
            \endpsTree
        \endpsTree
    \endpsTree
\endpsTree
\endpreview
\end{document}

In order to appreciate your effort, I can only offer the following!

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(14) How can you offer 4 bounties of 500 each with a reputation of 1k? - gerrit
(14) @gerrit don't worry, PSTikZ is a master of bounties :) - cmhughes
(2) Hm, I see. - gerrit
(1) The first correct answer belongs to Qrrbrbirlbel so he will get 4 bounties of 500 each. The first bounty will be offered tomorrow. However, jfbu's solution is extremely more powerful as it can support much longer integer inputs. Shortly speaking, I use it in my production and accept it with a green check mark. Bonus: It will be better if someone implements a package that accommodates the good parts from each answer plus capabilities to find Least Common Multiple and Highest Common Factor of a set of integers. Thank you! - kiss my armpit
(3) On the plus side, you've also given Qrrbrbirlbel a gold badge by accepting the other answer :) - cmhughes
[+53] [2013-09-05 11:29:36] Qrrbrbirlbel

A basic forest/count-based implementation.

Although forest provides keys to evaluate stuff and has basic if keys, I used a macro that evaluates everything. As it relies on counts, I don’t think it works with forest’s keys as they use pgfmath. (Which suffers from the typical problem that it uses TeX’s dimen registers which cannot be greater than 18-thousand-something; with the fp package and TikZ’s fixedpointarithmetic library this could be extended.)

The greatest representable number is 2 147 483 644 (2^31-4), the next integer 2 147 483 645 (2^31-3) fails.

The algorithm is not very efficient.
For the input number p, the factors 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, …, 2n + 1 until p/2 are checked whether they divide p without remainder.

The code includes some comments on the algorithm.

The \num macro from the siunitx package was used to typeset the numbers (even the exponents even though they cannot be greater than 30).

Code

\documentclass[tikz]{standalone}
\usepackage{forest,mathtools,siunitx}
\makeatletter
\def\ifNum#1{\ifnum#1\relax
  \expandafter\pgfutil@firstoftwo\else
  \expandafter\pgfutil@secondoftwo\fi}
\forestset{
  num content/.style={
    delay={
      content/.expanded={\noexpand\num{\forestoption{content}}}}},
  pt@prime/.style={draw, circle},
  pt@start/.style={},
  pt@normal/.style={},
  start primeTree/.style={%
    /utils/exec=%
      % \pt@start holds the current minimum factor, we'll start with 2
      \def\pt@start{2}%
      % \pt@result will hold the to-be-typeset factorization, we'll start with
      % \pgfutil@gobble since we don't want a initial \times
      \let\pt@result\pgfutil@gobble
      % \pt@start@cnt holds the number of ^factors for the current factor
      \def\pt@start@cnt{0}%
      % \pt@lStart will later hold "l"ast factor used
      \let\pt@lStart\pgfutil@empty,
    alias=pt-start,
    pt@start/.try,
    delay={content/.expanded={$\noexpand\num{\forestove{content}}
                            \noexpand\mathrlap{{}= \noexpand\pt@result}$}},
    primeTree},
  primeTree/.code=%
    % take the content of the node and save it in the count
    \c@pgf@counta\forestove{content}\relax
    % if it's 2 we're already finished with the factorization
    \ifNum{\c@pgf@counta=2}{%
      % add the factor
      \pt@addfactor{2}%
      % finalize the factorization of the result
      \pt@addfactor{}%
      % and set the style to the prime style
      \forestset{pt@prime/.try}%
    }{%
      % this simply calculates content/2 and saves it in \pt@end
      % this is later used for an early break of the recursion since no factor
      % can be greater then content/2 (for integers of course)
      \edef\pt@content{\the\c@pgf@counta}%
      \divide\c@pgf@counta2\relax
      \advance\c@pgf@counta1\relax % to be on the safe side
      \edef\pt@end{\the\c@pgf@counta}%
      \pt@do}}

%%% our main "function"
\def\pt@do{%
  % let's test if the current factor is already greather then the max factor
  \ifNum{\pt@end<\pt@start}{%
    % great, we're finished, the same as above
    \expandafter\pt@addfactor\expandafter{\pt@content}%
    \pt@addfactor{}%
    \def\pt@next{\forestset{pt@prime/.try}}%
  }{%
    % this calculates int(content/factor)*factor
    % if factor is a factor of content (without remainder), the result will
    % equal content. The int(content/factor) is saved in \pgf@temp.
    \c@pgf@counta\pt@content\relax
    \divide\c@pgf@counta\pt@start\relax
    \edef\pgf@temp{\the\c@pgf@counta}%
    \multiply\c@pgf@counta\pt@start\relax
    \ifNum{\the\c@pgf@counta=\pt@content}{%
      % yeah, we found a factor, add it to the result and ...
      \expandafter\pt@addfactor\expandafter{\pt@start}%
      % ... add the factor as the first child with style pt@prime
      % and the result of int(content/factor) as another child.
      \edef\pt@next{\noexpand\forestset{%
        append={[\pt@start, pt@prime/.try]},
        append={[\pgf@temp, pt@normal/.try]},
        % forest is complex, this makes sure that for the second child, the
        % primeTree style is not executed too early (there must be a better way).
        delay={
          for descendants={
            delay={if n'=1{primeTree, num content}{}}}}}}%
    }{%
      % Alright this is not a factor, let's get the next factor
      \ifNum{\pt@start=2}{%
        % if the previous factor was 2, the next one will be 3
        \def\pt@start{3}%
      }{%
        % hmm, the previos factor was not 2,
        % let's add 2, maybe we'll hit the next prime number
        % and maybe a factor
        \c@pgf@counta\pt@start
        \advance\c@pgf@counta2\relax
        \edef\pt@start{\the\c@pgf@counta}%
      }%
      % let's do that again
      \let\pt@next\pt@do
    }%
  }%
  \pt@next
}

%%% this builds the \pt@result macro with the factors
\def\pt@addfactor#1{%
  \def\pgf@tempa{#1}%
  % is it the same factor as the previous one
  \ifx\pgf@tempa\pt@lStart
    % add 1 to the counter
    \c@pgf@counta\pt@start@cnt\relax
    \advance\c@pgf@counta1\relax
    \edef\pt@start@cnt{\the\c@pgf@counta}%
  \else
    % a new factor! Add the previous one to the product of factors
    \ifx\pt@lStart\pgfutil@empty\else
      % as long as there actually is one, the \ifnum makes sure we do not add ^1
      \edef\pgf@tempa{\noexpand\num{\pt@lStart}\ifnum\pt@start@cnt>1 
                                           ^{\noexpand\num{\pt@start@cnt}}\fi}%
      \expandafter\pt@addfactor@\expandafter{\pgf@tempa}%
    \fi
    % setup the macros for the next round
    \def\pt@lStart{#1}% <- current (new) factor
    \def\pt@start@cnt{1}% <- first time
  \fi
}
%%% This simply appends "\times #1" to \pt@result, with etoolbox this would be
%%% \appto\pt@result{\times#1}
\def\pt@addfactor@#1{%
  \expandafter\def\expandafter\pt@result\expandafter{\pt@result \times #1}}

%%% Our main macro:
%%% #1 = possible optional argument for forest (can be tikz too)
%%% #2 = the number to factorize
\newcommand*{\PrimeTree}[2][]{%
  \begin{forest}%
    % as the result is set via \mathrlap it doesn't update the bounding box
    % let's fix this:
    tikz={execute at end scope={\pgfmathparse{width("${}=\pt@result$")}%
                         \path ([xshift=\pgfmathresult pt]pt-start.east);}},
    % other optional arguments
    #1
    % And go!
    [#2, start primeTree]
  \end{forest}}
\makeatother
\begin{document}
\PrimeTree{36}
\PrimeTree{90}
\PrimeTree{112}
\PrimeTree{612}
\PrimeTree{7875}
\PrimeTree{22230}
\PrimeTree{1073741824}
\PrimeTree{2147483644}
\end{document}

Output

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@Qrrbrbirlbel: Could you add some comments to the code, so it will be less cryptic? - Dror
@Qrrbrbirlbel: A bit of annotating the code could be of great help. Where the algorithm starts, where the styling of the nodes end etc. - Dror
(2) @Dror See my update. - Qrrbrbirlbel
Really nice! If I want to 'cluster' the digits in both the input number and the factors by using the \num command from siunitx, where should I put \num in your splendid code? (I have tried a few places, more or less at random, without success.) - Svend Tveskæg
@SvendTveskæg Cluster? Either way, I have updated my answer with siunitx\num macro (best to simply search for it). Even though, siunitx can parse products I haven't used it as the exponent is also included in the product but which base changes every time. Is this what you wanted? - Qrrbrbirlbel
This is indeed what I was thinking of! Thank you. - Svend Tveskæg
(This may also something that can be done with l3fp.) - Qrrbrbirlbel
This is beautiful: for very long trees like the last one, you might want to expand along a parabola to reduce the vertical height... if that's not too complicated to do ;-) - PatrickT
something has changed this now gives an error, see tex.stackexchange.com/questions/288699/… - David Carlisle
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[+49] [2013-09-05 17:29:06] user4686 [ACCEPTED]

edit (2017/09/01 & 02):

Release 1.2o deprecates some macros which were used here, so the answer was updated. On this occasion I replaced uses of \if...\else...\fi with the xint provided \xintiiifOne etc... which safely select a branch à la firstoftwo/secondoftwo way and avoid things like \expandafter\expandafter\expandafter at user level.


Note: the xint manual also contains code implementing expandably Rabin-Miller strong pseudo-primality tests...


This answer has evolved in stages. New contributions were added at the bottom (apart from the images which I put on top).

  1. macro \factorize to produce programmatically the factorization of input N. The output is put in macro \factors. For example for N=36, \factors expands to {{}{}{36}}{{2}{2}{9}}{{3}{2}{1}}. Each successive triplet is {p}{k}{m} where p^k is the p-factor of N, and m the result of dividing N by it and all previous ones. The first triple {}{}{N} is a bit of a nuisance, and this explains \expandafter\@gobble\factors in some the displaying codes. Initially the displays used tabulars.

  2. then I added code using pst-tree to produce the trees from the result available in \factors. I also added code for just printing the factorization inline.

  3. I now add code using TikZ+forest, which I have learned a bit since seeing it used beautifully in Qrrbrbirlbel's answer. The code for the forest tree also incoporates the inline version of the factorization.

I use pst-tree and forest only to display, not to compute the factorization. Both pst-tree and forest syntax for the trees allowed a simple approach to work from \factors to the trees: two token lists are filled-up step by step; if using the native TikZ syntax with child, that would be much more difficult because of braces { and }.


Images of trees produced with forest:

forest-7

forest-9

forest-11

forest-13


Images of trees using pst-tree (as were done manually by PSTikZ [1].) Here are some samples (the code also has the variant to not display the 1's when they are exponents). For some other ways to do trees, e.g with TikZ's childs and nodes, the \factors macro prepared by the \factorize command should probably be done in a slightly different manner.

22230

2147483644

128154740640622513993964746937443811328

1689242184972


I too propose half of an answer using package xint [2] for the arithmetic computations (on arbitrarily big numbers). The command \factorize{N} results in macro \factors containing a list of triplets {p}{k}{m}, where p is a prime number showing up in the factorization, k is its exponent, m is the result of division of N by p^k as well as all previous factors corresponding to smaller primes. So the last triplet has m=1, and the first is {}{}{N}.

The tree could then be constructed from this macro \factors; here I just have a \displayfactorization to display the result using tabulars (and I use some macros of xint [3] to transform \factors into what goes into the tabular). There is an optional argument to set up the width of the second column.

I use the numprint [4] package to print very long numbers without going beyond the page physical limits.

The algorithm is very lame: first divisions by 2 are tested, then 3, then 5, and all successive odd integers until N has been reduced to 1.

There is no impact on TeX memory, apart from \factors being filled up.

The algorithm would be of course faster if done using only TeX \count registers (and eTeX \numexpr for convenience), but this would restrict it to numbers < 2^{31}.

update: I have incorporated the usual halting test to not go beyond square root of n, makes the thing a bit more efficient when the factorization ends in a 'big' prime (two such examples added).

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{xint}
\usepackage{xintexpr}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{array}
\usepackage[np]{numprint}
\AtBeginDocument{\npthousandsep{,\hskip .1pt plus .02pt minus .02pt}}

\catcode`\_ 11

\def\factorize#1{%
    \edef\factorize_N{#1}%
    \def\factorize_exp{0}%
    \edef\factors{{{}{}{\factorize_N}}}%
    \factorize_i
}

\def\factorize_i{%
    \xintiiifOdd{\factorize_N}%
      {\factorize_ii}%
      {\edef\factorize_exp{\xintInc{\factorize_exp}}%
       \edef\factorize_N  {\xintHalf{\factorize_N}}%
       \factorize_i}%
}

\def\factorize_ii{%
    \xintiiifZero{\factorize_exp}%
      {}%
      {\edef\factors{\factors{{2}{\factorize_exp}{\factorize_N}}}}%
    \xintiiifOne{\factorize_N}%
      {}%
      {\def\factorize_M{3}%
       \def\factorize_exp{0}%
       \factorize_iii}%
}

\def\factorize_iii{%
    \xintAssign\xintiiDivision\factorize_N\factorize_M\to\factorize_Q\factorize_R
    \xintiiifSgn{\factorize_R}%
      {% never happens: remainder can not be negative
      }%
      {% case of vanishing remainder
       \edef\factorize_exp{\xintInc{\factorize_exp}}%
       \let\factorize_N\factorize_Q 
       \factorize_iii
      }%
      {\factorize_iv}% 
}

\def\factorize_iv{%
    \xintiiifZero{\factorize_exp}%
      {}%
      {\edef\factors{\factors{{\factorize_M}{\factorize_exp}{\factorize_N}}}}%
    \xintiiifOne{\factorize_N}%
      {}%
      {% here N>1, N=QM+R (0<R<Q) is < M(Q+1) and N has no prime factors
       % at most equal to M. If a prime P>M divides N, the
       % quotient N/P will be < Q+1, hence at most Q. If Q<=M, then
       % N/P must be 1 else there would be some prime <=M dividing N.
       % no \xintiiifGeq ...
       % \xintiifCmp will have branches for each of <, =, >, less convenient
       % So we use \xintiiifLt which exists, and permute the branches
       % compared to original code
       \xintiiifLt\factorize_M\factorize_Q
         {% we go on testing with bigger factors
          % or \edef\factorize_M{\xintInc{\xintInc{\factorize_M}}} perhaps
          \edef\factorize_M{\xintiiAdd \factorize_M 2}%
          \def\factorize_exp{0}%
          \factorize_iii
         }%
         {% implies that N is prime
          \edef\factors{\factors{{\factorize_N}{1}{1}}}% we stop here
         }%
      }%
}

\catcode`\_ 8

\def\auxiliarymacroa #1{\auxiliarymacrob #1}
\def\auxiliarymacrob #1#2#3{${#1}^{#2}$&\np{#3}\tabularnewline\hline}

\newcommand*\displayfactorization[1][.2\linewidth]{%
   \begin{tabular}{>{\rule{0pt}{11pt}}c|>{\raggedright}p{#1}}%
   \xintApplyUnbraced\auxiliarymacroa{\factors}
   \end{tabular}\hskip.5em plus .125em minus .125em }

%for testing:
% \def\displayfactorization{\meaning\factors}

\pagestyle{empty}
\begin{document}\thispagestyle{empty}\ttfamily

\noindent\factorize{36}\displayfactorization
\factorize{90}\displayfactorization
\factorize{112}\displayfactorization
\factorize{612}\displayfactorization
\factorize{7875}\displayfactorization
\factorize{22230}\displayfactorization
\factorize{1073741824}\displayfactorization
\factorize{2147483644}\displayfactorization
\factorize{\xintiiPow 2{40}}\displayfactorization
\factorize{\xinttheiiexpr 2^37 * 3^23 * 17^13\relax}%
\displayfactorization
% two examples ending with a (somewhat) `big' prime,
\factorize{10968058712}\displayfactorization
\factorize{1689242184972}\displayfactorization

\factorize{\xinttheiiexpr 111^13 * 371^7 * 1271^35\relax}
\displayfactorization[.75\linewidth]

% \factorize{2147483647}% does not exhaust memory takes about 2s

% \clearpage

% about 6s total last time I tried :

% \def\factorizeanddisplay #1{%
%     \pdfresettimer
%     \factorize{#1}%
%     \edef\z{\the\pdfelapsedtime}%
%     (needed \xintRound{2}{\z/65536} seconds)
%     \displayfactorization
%     \par\medskip
% }

% \factorizeanddisplay{2147483642}
% \factorizeanddisplay{2147483643}
% \factorizeanddisplay{2147483644}
% \factorizeanddisplay{2147483645}
% \factorizeanddisplay{2147483646}
% \factorizeanddisplay{2147483647}
% \factorizeanddisplay{2147483648}
% \factorizeanddisplay{2147483649}
% \factorizeanddisplay{2147483650}
\end{document}

factorizations

and an example with big integers:

big one


And now the code repeated, together with code to produce trees in the format of the OP question, using pst-tree:

This resuires latex+dvips or can also use xelatex.

% COMPILE WITH LATEX+DVIPS

\documentclass[border=3pt,preview,varwidth,multi]{standalone}

\usepackage{pst-tree}
\psset{levelsep=1,treesep=1,nodesep=2pt}

\usepackage{xint}
\usepackage{xintexpr}

\catcode`\_ 11

% This code (non-expandable) produces
% {{}{}{N}} followed with successive braced triplets
% {{p}{k}{m}} where p is a prime factor of N, 
% k its exponent in N, and m is the result of dividing
% N by p^k and all previous powers of smaller primes
% So the last triplet has m=1

% The code uses package xint to be able to deal
% with numbers larger than the TeX limit of 2^{31}-1
% on count registers. 

\def\factorize#1{%
    \edef\factorize_N{#1}%
    \def\factorize_exp{0}%
    \edef\factors{{{}{}{\factorize_N}}}%
    \factorize_i
}

\def\factorize_i{%
    \xintiiifOdd{\factorize_N}%
      {\factorize_ii}%
      {\edef\factorize_exp{\xintInc{\factorize_exp}}%
       \edef\factorize_N  {\xintHalf{\factorize_N}}%
       \factorize_i}%
}

\def\factorize_ii{%
    \xintiiifZero{\factorize_exp}%
      {}%
      {\edef\factors{\factors{{2}{\factorize_exp}{\factorize_N}}}}%
    \xintiiifOne{\factorize_N}%
      {}%
      {\def\factorize_M{3}%
       \def\factorize_exp{0}%
       \factorize_iii}%
}

\def\factorize_iii{%
    \xintAssign\xintiiDivision\factorize_N\factorize_M\to\factorize_Q\factorize_R
    \xintiiifSgn{\factorize_R}%
      {% never happens: remainder can not be negative
      }%
      {% case of vanishing remainder
       \edef\factorize_exp{\xintInc{\factorize_exp}}%
       \let\factorize_N\factorize_Q 
       \factorize_iii
      }%
      {\factorize_iv}% 
}

\def\factorize_iv{%
    \xintiiifZero{\factorize_exp}%
      {}%
      {\edef\factors{\factors{{\factorize_M}{\factorize_exp}{\factorize_N}}}}%
    \xintiiifOne{\factorize_N}%
      {}%
      {% here N>1, N=QM+R (0<R<Q) is < M(Q+1) and N has no prime factors
       % at most equal to M. If a prime P>M divides N, the
       % quotient N/P will be < Q+1, hence at most Q. If Q<=M, then
       % N/P must be 1 else there would be some prime <=M dividing N.
       % no \xintiiifGeq ...
       % \xintiifCmp will have branches for each of <, =, >, less convenient
       % So we use \xintiiifLt which exists, and permute the branches
       % compared to original code
       \xintiiifLt\factorize_M\factorize_Q
         {% we go on testing with bigger factors
          % or \edef\factorize_M{\xintInc{\xintInc{\factorize_M}}} perhaps
          \edef\factorize_M{\xintiiAdd \factorize_M 2}%
          \def\factorize_exp{0}%
          \factorize_iii
         }%
         {% implies that N is prime
          \edef\factors{\factors{{\factorize_N}{1}{1}}}% we stop here
         }%
      }%
}

\catcode`\_ 8

%% We now define the macro \FactorTree which will produce a tree
%% displaying the factorization, using PSTricks


\newtoks\FactorTreeA
\newtoks\FactorTreeB

\makeatletter

\newcommand*{\FactorsToTree}[1]{%
    \FactorsToTree@ #1%
}

% macro which was used to produce the images; variant follows which skips the
% exponents equal to 1.

% \newcommand*{\FactorsToTree@}[3]{%
%     \xintSgnFork{\xintCmp{#3}{1}}% check to see if end has been reached
%     {}%
%     {\FactorTreeA\expandafter{\the\FactorTreeA
%                               \Tcircle{${#1}^{#2}$}%
%                               \TR{1}%
%                               }}%
%     {\FactorTreeA\expandafter{\the\FactorTreeA 
%                              \Tcircle{${#1}^{#2}$}%
%                              \psTree{\TR{#3}}}%
%      \FactorTreeB\expandafter{\the\FactorTreeB \endpsTree}}%
% }


% This variant will not print the exponents equal to 1:

\newcommand*{\FactorsToTree@}[3]{%
    \ifnum 0#2=1 % first triplet has an empty #2, hence the trick with 0
       \expandafter\@firstoftwo
    \else
       \expandafter\@secondoftwo
    \fi
    % exponent #2 is 1, so don't print it
    {\xintSgnFork{\xintCmp{#3}{1}}% check to see if end has been reached
    {}%
    {\FactorTreeA\expandafter{\the\FactorTreeA
                              \Tcircle{${#1}$}%
                              \TR{1}%
                              }}%
    {\FactorTreeA\expandafter{\the\FactorTreeA 
                             \Tcircle{${#1}$}%
                             \psTree{\TR{#3}}}%
     \FactorTreeB\expandafter{\the\FactorTreeB \endpsTree}}}
    % exponent #2 is > 1 (or absent in the {}{}{N} triplet)
    {\xintSgnFork{\xintCmp{#3}{1}}% check to see if end has been reached
    {}%
    {\FactorTreeA\expandafter{\the\FactorTreeA
                              \Tcircle{${#1}^{#2}$}%
                              \TR{1}%
                              }}%
    {\FactorTreeA\expandafter{\the\FactorTreeA 
                             \Tcircle{${#1}^{#2}$}%
                             \psTree{\TR{#3}}}%
     \FactorTreeB\expandafter{\the\FactorTreeB \endpsTree}}}%
}


\newcommand*{\FactorTree}[1]{%
    \factorize{#1}%
    \FactorTreeA{\@gobbletwo}%
    \FactorTreeB{}%
    \xintApplyUnbraced\FactorsToTree{\factors}%
    \the\FactorTreeA\the\FactorTreeB
}

\makeatother


\begin{document}

%% \preview\FactorTree{1}\endpreview  %% (ok)

\preview\FactorTree{13}\endpreview

\preview\FactorTree{36}\endpreview

\preview\FactorTree{90}\endpreview

\preview\FactorTree{112}\endpreview

\preview\FactorTree{612}\endpreview

\preview\FactorTree{7875}\endpreview

\preview\FactorTree{22230}\endpreview

\preview\FactorTree{1073741824}\endpreview

\preview\FactorTree{2147483644}\endpreview

\preview\FactorTree{\xintiiPow 2{40}}\endpreview

\preview\FactorTree{\xinttheiiexpr 2^37 * 3^23 * 17^13\relax}%
\endpreview
% two examples ending with a (somewhat) `big' prime,

\preview\FactorTree{10968058712}\endpreview

\preview\FactorTree{1689242184972}\endpreview

\end{document}

Code for inline product decomposition:

% The command \FactorizeInline produces (for math mode, at it uses \times) the
% product decomposition of its argument into prime powers, the exponents equal
% to 1 are not printed. The argument is supposed to be an integer > 1
% (arbitrarily big, but computation times will be large if it is not a product
% of reasonably small primes).
% $N = \FactorizeInline{N}$

\makeatletter
\def\@factorinliner  #1{\@factorinliner@ #1}
\def\@factorinliner@ #1#2#3{\ifnum #2>1 \expandafter\@firstoftwo\else
                                        \expandafter\@secondoftwo\fi
                            {{#1}^{#2}}{#1}}
\newcommand*{\FactorizeInline}[1]{%
    \factorize{#1}% 
    \xintListWithSep\times
            {\xintApply\@factorinliner{\expandafter\@gobble\factors}}%
}%
\makeatother

$13=\FactorizeInline{13}$

$36=\FactorizeInline{36}$

$90=\FactorizeInline{90}$

$112=\FactorizeInline{112}$

$612=\FactorizeInline{612}$

$7875=\FactorizeInline{7875}$

$22230=\FactorizeInline{22230}$

$1073741824=\FactorizeInline{1073741824}$

$2147483642=\FactorizeInline{2147483642}$

% $2147483643=\FactorizeInline{2147483643}$ % 4.5 seconds on my laptop

$2147483644=\FactorizeInline{2147483644}$

$2147483645=\FactorizeInline{2147483645}$

% $2147483646=\FactorizeInline{2147483646}$

% $2147483647=\FactorizeInline{2147483647}$ % 8 seconds on my 2012 laptop

$2147483648=\FactorizeInline{2147483648}$

% $2147483649=\FactorizeInline{2147483649}$ % 4.5 seconds on my laptop

$2147483650=\FactorizeInline{2147483650}$

% $19928968819=\FactorizeInline{19928968819}$ % 25 seconds on my 2012 laptop

$\xintiiPow 2{40} = \FactorizeInline{\xintiiPow 2{40}}$

% two examples ending with a (somewhat) `big' prime,

$10968058712=\FactorizeInline{10968058712}$

$1689242184972=\FactorizeInline{1689242184972}$

%\xinttheiiexpr 2^37 * 3^23 * 17^13\relax

$128154740640622513993964746937443811328=\FactorizeInline{128154740640622513993964746937443811328}$

factorize-inline


Code for doing the trees with forest:

\documentclass[border=3pt,varwidth,multi={forest}]{standalone}

\usepackage{calc} % for \widthof

\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{calc}
\usepackage{forest}

\usepackage{xint}
\usepackage{xintexpr}


%  macro \factorize as above
\catcode`\_ 11

% This code (non-expandable) produces
% {{}{}{N}} followed with successive braced triplets
% {{p}{k}{m}} where p is a prime factor of N, 
% k its exponent in N, and m is the result of dividing
% N by p^k and all previous powers of smaller primes
% So the last triplet has m=1

% The code uses package xint to be able to deal
% with numbers larger than the TeX limit of 2^{31}-1
% on count registers. 


\def\factorize#1{%
    \edef\factorize_N{#1}%
    \def\factorize_exp{0}%
    \edef\factors{{{}{}{\factorize_N}}}%
    \factorize_i
}

\def\factorize_i{%
    \xintiiifOdd{\factorize_N}%
      {\factorize_ii}%
      {\edef\factorize_exp{\xintInc{\factorize_exp}}%
       \edef\factorize_N  {\xintHalf{\factorize_N}}%
       \factorize_i}%
}

\def\factorize_ii{%
    \xintiiifZero{\factorize_exp}%
      {}%
      {\edef\factors{\factors{{2}{\factorize_exp}{\factorize_N}}}}%
    \xintiiifOne{\factorize_N}%
      {}%
      {\def\factorize_M{3}%
       \def\factorize_exp{0}%
       \factorize_iii}%
}

\def\factorize_iii{%
    \xintAssign\xintiiDivision\factorize_N\factorize_M\to\factorize_Q\factorize_R
    \xintiiifSgn{\factorize_R}%
      {% never happens: remainder can not be negative
      }%
      {% case of vanishing remainder
       \edef\factorize_exp{\xintInc{\factorize_exp}}%
       \let\factorize_N\factorize_Q 
       \factorize_iii
      }%
      {\factorize_iv}% 
}

\def\factorize_iv{%
    \xintiiifZero{\factorize_exp}%
      {}%
      {\edef\factors{\factors{{\factorize_M}{\factorize_exp}{\factorize_N}}}}%
    \xintiiifOne{\factorize_N}%
      {}%
      {% here N>1, N=QM+R (0<R<Q) is < M(Q+1) and N has no prime factors
       % at most equal to M. If a prime P>M divides N, the
       % quotient N/P will be < Q+1, hence at most Q. If Q<=M, then
       % N/P must be 1 else there would be some prime <=M dividing N.
       % no \xintiiifGeq ...
       % \xintiifCmp will have branches for each of <, =, >, less convenient
       % So we use \xintiiifLt which exists, and permute the branches
       % compared to original code
       \xintiiifLt\factorize_M\factorize_Q
         {% we go on testing with bigger factors
          % or \edef\factorize_M{\xintInc{\xintInc{\factorize_M}}} perhaps
          \edef\factorize_M{\xintiiAdd \factorize_M 2}%
          \def\factorize_exp{0}%
          \factorize_iii
         }%
         {% implies that N is prime
          \edef\factors{\factors{{\factorize_N}{1}{1}}}% we stop here
         }%
      }%
}

\catcode`\_ 8

%% We now define the macro \FactorTree which will produce a tree
%% displaying the factorization, 
%% using TikZ+forest (for the bracket syntax, much easier to deal with compared
%% to the braces-based child-node native TikZ tree syntax)


\makeatletter

\newtoks\FactorTreeA
\newtoks\FactorTreeB

\newcommand*{\FactorsToTree@}[3]{%
    \ifnum #2=1 % 
       \expandafter\@firstoftwo
    \else
       \expandafter\@secondoftwo
    \fi
    % exponent #2 is 1, so don't print it
    {\xintSgnFork{\xintCmp{#3}{1}}% check to see if end has been reached
    {}%
        % here, this is the last triplet and it has the shape {P}{1}{1}
        % and P was already inserted as tree node in the previous step
        % and the forest syntax allows to insert options here
    {\FactorTreeA\expandafter{\the\FactorTreeA ,draw,circle}}%
    {\FactorTreeA\expandafter{\the\FactorTreeA 
                             [{${#1}$}]
                             [{${#3}$}%
                             }%
     \FactorTreeB\expandafter{\the\FactorTreeB ]}%
    }}%
    % exponent #2 is > 1
    {\xintSgnFork{\xintCmp{#3}{1}}% check to see if end has been reached
    {}%
    {\FactorTreeA\expandafter{\the\FactorTreeA
                              [{${#1}^{#2}$}]
                              %[1]%
                              }%
    }%
    {\FactorTreeA\expandafter{\the\FactorTreeA 
                             [{${#1}^{#2}$}]
                             [{$#3$}%
                             }%
     \FactorTreeB\expandafter{\the\FactorTreeB ]}%
    }}%
}

\newcommand*{\FactorsToTree}[1]{\FactorsToTree@ #1}

% for factors displayed inline 

\def\@factorinliner  #1{\@factorinliner@ #1}
\def\@factorinliner@ #1#2#3{\ifnum #2>1 \expandafter\@firstoftwo\else
                                        \expandafter\@secondoftwo\fi
                            {{#1}^{#2}}{#1}}
\def\FactorsInline{%
    \xintListWithSep\times
             {\xintApply\@factorinliner{\expandafter\@gobble\factors}}%
}

\newlength{\horizontalshift}  % for positioning of the edges from the tree top
\newsavebox{\NandFactors}

\newcommand*{\FactorTree}[1]{%
    \factorize{#1}%
    \sbox{\NandFactors}{$#1=\FactorsInline$}%
    \setlength{\horizontalshift}{(\wd\NandFactors-\widthof{$#1$})/2}%
    \FactorTreeA{}%
    \FactorTreeB{}%
    \bracketset{action character=@}%
    \xintApplyUnbraced\FactorsToTree{\expandafter\@gobble\factors}%
    \begin{forest}
      for tree={edge path={\noexpand\path [\forestoption{edge}]
                                (!u.south)--(.child anchor);}},
      where={level()==1}
        {edge path= {\noexpand\path [\forestoption{edge}]
            ($(!u.south)-(\the\horizontalshift,0cm)$)--(.child anchor);}}{},
      where={n()==1}{draw,circle}{},
      [{\box\NandFactors}, right=\horizontalshift,
      @\the\FactorTreeA
      @\the\FactorTreeB
      ]
    \end{forest}
}

\makeatother



\begin{document}

\FactorTree{13}

\FactorTree{36}

\FactorTree{90}

\FactorTree{112}

\FactorTree{612}

\FactorTree{7875}

\FactorTree{22230}

\FactorTree{1073741824}

\FactorTree{2147483644}

\FactorTree{\xintiiPow 2{40}}

\FactorTree{\xinttheiiexpr 2^37 * 3^23 * 17^13\relax}%

% two examples ending with a (somewhat) `big' prime,

\FactorTree{10968058712}

\FactorTree{1689242184972}

\end{document}
[1] https://tex.stackexchange.com/users/19356/pstikz
[2] http://www.ctan.org/pkg/xint
[3] http://www.ctan.org/pkg/xint
[4] http://www.ctan.org/pkg/numprint

What is the point of \long\def\factorizeanddisplay#1{ instead of \def\factorizeanddisplay#1{? I.e., why use \long? [Answer to my own question: Never mind; I just found tex.stackexchange.com/questions/39450/… .] - Svend Tveskæg
@SvendTveskæg thanks and good point about \long : I just had a temporary brain collapse... will remove it! - user4686
@PSTikZ you are right. I have now removed the circle. But I left the 1, partly for indecision regarding what to do when the last term is a pure prime power, partly because to have the last leaf as in your question it would be easier to construct \factors differently. - user4686
In the first code of your post, is it necessary to load the packages fontenc and array? - Svend Tveskæg
@SvendTveskæg array is loaded to use the >{...} construct in the tabulars used in \displayfactorization. I think I loaded [T1]{fontenc} in the debugging phase as I was using \meaning\factors to check the contents of this macro, and it contains braces {, }, also there is a > in the output of \meaning. The factorization itself needs only package xint (and package xintexpr was loaded only to be able to use its \xinttheexpr....\relax construct, in order to test \factorize on randomly chosen products). - user4686
Hmmm. I get no errors if I remove array and I can't see any difference in the output. Furthermore, I can remove xint and can't remove xintexpr. (I have only loaded \usepackage{xintexpr} \usepackage[np]{numprint} \usepackage[locale=DE]{siunitx} (where the last is loaded because I use \num to 'cluster' together the digits in the numbers) and everything compiles just fine.) - Svend Tveskæg
@SvendTveskæg xintexpr loads xint automatically if not already loaded. Thanks for the info about array not being necessary; I thought it was for using the >{} specifier in the tabular preambles. Does the \num macro of siunitx allow to print very long numbers with breaks across lines? - user4686
I'm not sure about possible linebreaks in \num. Let's see what @JosephWright says. - Svend Tveskæg
@SvendTveskæg it turns out package numprint loads array. This is why it looks as if one does not need to load it explicitely. - user4686
Btw., regarding the pst-tree output, is it possible not to print 1 if that is the exponent in a factor? - Svend Tveskæg
@SvendTveskæg Yes, code updated to do that. - user4686
@SvendTveskaeg you are welcome. Since then, I fixed a bug in \factorize whose \if various tests created spurious spaces (as 99% of the time I do \ifnum tests I am always used to leave a space after digits, but in this context, TeX was not looking for a number, hence the bug). - user4686
I am not sure whether or not some comments (including this one) are ready to be garbage-collected... :-) - kiss my armpit
This worked beautifully on my texlive installation in Debian Jessie. However, when I updated to the newer texlive packages (ShareLatex, Fedora 25, Overleaf) the code exits with error messages. I wonder if it could be updated to work with newer packages. Here is the link to the Overleaf project if anyone more knowledgeable wishes to take a look at error messages: FactorTree on Overleaf - Niko Z.
@NikoZ. i have done the needed replacement of \xintDivision by \xintiiDivision in the code. However, I do not get the same looks for the graphs, the root of the tree on top is shifted right compare to the 2013 images. This is out of my control as it is result of some change in forest, tikz, or both (or standalone). I can not help here. Can you ask a question on this site, saying, "hey guys, why does the code there not compile to same images as in 2013" ? - user4686
@NikoZ. Surely has to do with the \horizontalshift used in node positioning. You can point the experts to that part of the code in \FactorTree tree command. I can confirm that on a TeXLive 2013 checkout the code compiles as show in the answer. in the TeXLive 2016 current, there is a difference in node positioning which must come from tikz, forest, standalone or other thing unrelated to xint. - user4686
2
[+26] [2013-09-05 12:19:39] nickie

This is half the answer, it just factorizes numbers. TeX is Turing-complete, no extra packages are required. :-) I'm not really in the mood for pst-tree, so I'll skip the second half. Besides, @Qrrbrbirlbel's answer (which I upvoted) covers that handsomely. If, for some reason, one prefers my code, it should be easy to patch the generic factor processing macros that I have with whatever is needed to generate the trees.

The algorithm I used is a quite simple one: it checks 2 and 3 and then checks all numbers that are 6k-1 or 6k+1, up to the square root of n. It is supposed to work with arbitrarily long numbers (up to 2^31, TeX's limit for counters), provided it does not exhaust TeX's memory when recursing. This happens, e.g., when you give it 2^31-1, which happens to be a Mersenne prime.

\documentclass[12pt]{article}

\makeatletter

\newcount\factorize@n  % the number to be factorized
\newcount\factorize@t  % temporary
\newcount\factorize@p  % a candidate factor
\newcount\factorize@c  % counter of factors

% machinery for factorization
%
\def\factorize#1{%
  \factorize@begin{#1}%
  \factorize@n=#1
  \factorize@c=0
  \factorize@p=2
  \factorize@try%
  \factorize@p=3
  \factorize@try%
  \factorize@p=5
  \factorize@loop%
  \ifnum\factorize@c>0%
    \ifnum\factorize@n>1%
      \factorize@process{\the\factorize@n}%
    \fi%
  \else%
    \factorize@process{\the\factorize@n}%
  \fi%
  \factorize@end{#1}%
}
\def\factorize@loop{%
  \factorize@t=\factorize@p
  \multiply\factorize@t by \factorize@p
  \ifnum\factorize@t>\factorize@n\else%
    \factorize@try%
    \advance\factorize@p by 2
    \factorize@t=\factorize@p
    \multiply\factorize@t by \factorize@p
    \ifnum\factorize@t>\factorize@n\else%
      \factorize@try%
      \advance\factorize@p by 4
      \factorize@loop%
    \fi%
  \fi%
}

\def\factorize@try{%
  \factorize@t=\factorize@n
  \divide\factorize@t by \factorize@p
  \multiply\factorize@t by \factorize@p
  \ifnum\factorize@n=\factorize@t%
    \factorize@process{\the\factorize@p}%
    \divide\factorize@n by \factorize@p
    \advance\factorize@c by 1
    \factorize@try%
  \fi%
}

% Stubs to be called at start, end, and when a factor is found
%
\def\factorize@begin#1{%
  \noindent%
  $#1 =%$
}
\def\factorize@end#1{%
  $%$
  \par%
}
\def\factorize@process#1{%
  \ifnum\factorize@c>0%
    \times%
  \fi%
  #1%
}

\makeatother

% Demo
%
\begin{document}
  \factorize{42}
  \factorize{5040}
  \factorize{1234567890}
  %\factorize{2147483647} exhausts TeX's memory
\end{document}

A small variation groups factors of multiplicity greater than one.

\documentclass[12pt]{article}

\makeatletter

\newcount\factorize@n  % the number to be factorized
\newcount\factorize@t  % temporary
\newcount\factorize@p  % a candidate factor
\newcount\factorize@c  % counter of factors (total)
\newcount\factorize@w  % counter of factors (power of given candidate)

% machinery for factorization
%
\def\factorize#1{%
  \factorize@begin{#1}%
  \factorize@n=#1
  \factorize@c=0
  \factorize@p=2
  \factorize@try%
  \factorize@p=3
  \factorize@try%
  \factorize@p=5
  \factorize@loop%
  \ifnum\factorize@c>0
    \ifnum\factorize@n>1
      \factorize@process{\the\factorize@n}{1}%
    \fi%
  \else%
    \factorize@process{\the\factorize@n}{1}%
  \fi%
  \factorize@end{#1}%
}
\def\factorize@loop{%
  \factorize@t=\factorize@p
  \multiply\factorize@t by \factorize@p
  \ifnum\factorize@t>\factorize@n\else%
    \factorize@try%
    \advance\factorize@p by 2
    \factorize@t=\factorize@p
    \multiply\factorize@t by \factorize@p
    \ifnum\factorize@t>\factorize@n\else%
      \factorize@try%
      \advance\factorize@p by 4
      \factorize@loop%
    \fi%
  \fi%
}
\def\factorize@try{%
  \factorize@w=0
  \factorize@try@aux%
  \ifnum\factorize@w>0
    \factorize@process{\the\factorize@p}{\the\factorize@w}%
    \advance\factorize@c by \factorize@w
  \fi%
}
\def\factorize@try@aux{%
  \factorize@t=\factorize@n
  \divide\factorize@t by \factorize@p
  \multiply\factorize@t by \factorize@p
  \ifnum\factorize@n=\factorize@t
    \divide\factorize@n by \factorize@p
    \advance\factorize@w by 1
    \factorize@try@aux%
  \fi%
}

% Stubs to be called at start, end, and when a factor is found
%
\def\factorize@begin#1{%
  \noindent%
  $#1 =%$
}
\def\factorize@end#1{%
  $%$
  \par%
}
\def\factorize@process#1#2{%
  \ifnum\factorize@c>0
    \times%
  \fi%
  \ifnum#2>1
    #1^{#2}%
  \else%
    #1%
  \fi%
}

\makeatother

% Demo
%
\begin{document}
  \factorize{42}
  \factorize{5040}
  \factorize{1234567890}
  %\factorize{2147483647} exhausts TeX's memory
\end{document}

This is nice! Is it possible to get similar factors as powers, say, 8 = 2^3 instead of 8 = 2 \times 2 \times 2? - Svend Tveskæg
Yes, you would simply use a counter in \factorize@try and call \factorize@process there only once, when finishing. - nickie
I'm not good at coding in LaTeX at all; can I make you either edit your answer or create another one with this feature? :) - Svend Tveskæg
OK, added that too. - nickie
Perfect! (I really like the fact that no packages are loaded.) - Svend Tveskæg
3
[+21] [2013-09-05 20:03:06] g.kov

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MWE with Asymptote solution (not optimized). struct PrimeTree that draws a tree is defined in the preamble and is used in asy pictures. It consists of a function fillPrimeList(), which fills the list of prime numbers, a function factors(), which collects prime factors of the number, and a function draw(), which draws a tree.

% pfactors.tex :
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{subcaption}
\usepackage{lmodern}
\usepackage[inline]{asymptote}
\usepackage[left=2cm,right=2cm]{geometry}
\begin{asydef}
struct PrimeTree{
  int num;
  int maxPrimeInd;
  int[] primelist;
  pen defpen,linkPen;

  void fillPrimeList(){
    int numd=num;
    int nmax;
    bool primetest;
    if(numd%2==0)numd=(int)(numd/2);
    if(numd%3==0)numd=(int)(numd/3);
    nmax=(int)(floor(sqrt(numd)));
    primelist=new int[nmax];
    primelist[0]=2;
    primelist[1]=3;

    maxPrimeInd=2;

    for(int i=5;i<=nmax;i+=2){
      primetest=true;
      for(int j=0;primetest && (j<maxPrimeInd);++j){
        if((i%primelist[j]==0)){
          primetest=false;
        }
      }
      if(primetest){
        if(numd%i==0){
          numd=(int)(numd/i);
          nmax=(int)(floor(sqrt(numd)));
        }
        primelist[maxPrimeInd]=i;
        ++maxPrimeInd;
      }    
    }
  }

  int[] factors(){
    fillPrimeList();
    int[] fs;
    int a,b;
    a=num;
    for(int i=0;i<maxPrimeInd;++i){
      b=primelist[i];
      while(a%b==0){
        fs.push(b);
        a=(int)(a/b);
      }
    }
    if(a>1)fs.push(a);
    return fs;
  }

  void draw(){  
    int[] fs=factors();
    int a,b;

    real row=0, col=0;
    real dr=1.618, dc=1.382;

    a=num; 
    for(int i=0; a>1 && i<fs.length;++i){
      b=fs[i];
      if(a!=b){
        label(string(a),(0,row),W);
        draw(Label(string(b),(col+dc,row),E),roundbox);
        draw((0,row)--(col+dc,row),linkPen);
        if(i>0) draw((0,row)--(0,row+dr),linkPen);
      }else{
        draw(Label(string(b),(col+dc,row),E),roundbox);  
        if(i>0) draw((0,row+dr)--(col+dc,row),linkPen);
      }
      row-=dr;
      a=(int)(a/b);
    }
  }
  void operator init(int num, pen defpen=darkblue+fontsize(10pt), pen linkPen=orange){
      assert(num>0);
      this.num=num;
      this.defpen=defpen;
      this.linkPen=linkPen; 
      defaultpen(defpen);
      draw();
  }
}

\end{asydef}

\begin{document}
\begin{figure}
\captionsetup[subfigure]{justification=centering}
\centering
\begin{subfigure}{0.24\textwidth}
\begin{asy}
unitsize(10pt);
PrimeTree(22230);
\end{asy}
\caption{}
\label{fig:1a}
\end{subfigure}
%
\begin{subfigure}{0.24\textwidth}
\begin{asy}
unitsize(10pt);
PrimeTree(1073741824);
\end{asy}
\caption{}
\label{fig:1b}
\end{subfigure}
%
\begin{subfigure}{0.24\textwidth}
\begin{asy}
unitsize(10pt);
PrimeTree(2147483644);
\end{asy}
\caption{}
\label{fig:1c}
\end{subfigure}
%
\begin{subfigure}{0.24\textwidth}
\begin{asy}
unitsize(10pt);
PrimeTree(19928968819);
\end{asy}
\caption{}
\label{fig:1d}
\end{subfigure}
\end{figure}
\end{document}    
%
% To process it with `latexmk`, create file `latexmkrc`:
% 
%     sub asy {return system("asy '$_[0]'");}
%     add_cus_dep("asy","eps",0,"asy");
%     add_cus_dep("asy","pdf",0,"asy");
%     add_cus_dep("asy","tex",0,"asy");
% 
% and run `latexmk -pdf pfactors.tex`.

(1) @PSTikZ: Asy uses 64-bit signed integers, with intMax=9223372036854775805, so in the current form longer input will not work. The example shown for n=19928968819 (~ about 1 min on a busy laptop). However, the code needs optimisation to work reasonably with bigger input. - g.kov
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[+19] [2013-09-07 23:34:39] Alexander

A slightly different approach is to combine the typesetting of LaTeX with the abilities of other programming languages. Compared to the other solutions the code executes almost instantaneously, is relatively readable to a layman and much shorter.

Here python was used based on the great pythontex package and the forest package to draw the trees. Several sophisticated packages for number theory are additionally available for python, so a much more advanced algorithm can also be used. The code is a little messy, as I squished the creation of the string for the forest package into the factorization algorithm.

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{forest}
\usepackage{pythontex}


\begin{pycode}
from math import sqrt

def generate_tree(number):
        global tree_text
        tree_text = ""
        def prime_factors_recursive(n, level): 
                """Finds the prime factors of 'n' and generates text representation
                     according to tikz forest package.
                """ 
                limit = int(sqrt(n)) + 1
                divisor = 2
                num = n
                level += 1
                global tree_text
                tree_text = tree_text + "["
                for divisor in range(2, limit): 
                        if (num % divisor == 0): 
                                num /= divisor 
                                tree_text = tree_text + "%d [%d,circle,draw] " %(n, divisor)
                                return (n, (divisor, prime_factors_recursive(num, level)))
                tree_text = tree_text + "%d,circle,draw" %(n)
                for i in range(level):
                        tree_text = tree_text + "]"
                return (n,)

        prime_factors_recursive(number, 0)
        output = r'\begin{forest}' + tree_text + r'\end{forest}'
        return output

\end{pycode}

\newcommand{\PrimeTree}[1]{%
\py{generate_tree(#1)}
}

\begin{document}
\PrimeTree{36}
\PrimeTree{90}
\PrimeTree{112}
\PrimeTree{612}
\PrimeTree{7875}
\PrimeTree{22230}
\PrimeTree{19928968819}

\end{document}

enter image description here


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[+10] [2015-02-27 19:54:49] Franck Pastor

I only discovered this topic today. So here is a very late attempt with MetaPost [1], probably very clumsy, but it seems to work nicely. I've not read the other contributions carefully yet, I may come back to catch some nice ideas and include them :-) Any remark is welcome.

Basically, the main program prime_tree calls a recursive macro, prime_factorization on the integer n, which first deals with 2 as divisor and then with the others (odd) prime divisors by calling another macro, odd_ prime_factorization.

Edit The code has been much simplified. In particular, no more odd_prime_factorization macro: prime_factorization now takes care of the main job alone. More improvements are probably to come.

Edit 2 The code has been thoroughly revised and completed in order to make any overlapping between the different nodes impossible. Also, it has been included in a LuaLaTeX program, which seems oddly enough a little quicker than standalone MetaPost.

\documentclass[12pt, border=5mm]{standalone}
\usepackage{luatex85, luamplib}
    \mplibtextextlabel{enable}
    \mplibnumbersystem{double}
\begin{document}
\begin{mplibcode}

vardef xradius(expr pic) = %horizontal radius of a picture
    save bbox_pic; path bbox_pic; bbox_pic = bbox pic;
    xpart(urcorner bbox_pic - center bbox_pic)
enddef;

vardef yradius(expr pic) = % vertical radius of a picture
    save bbox_pic; path bbox_pic; bbox_pic = bbox pic;
    ypart(urcorner bbox_pic - center bbox_pic)
enddef;

vardef radius(expr pic) = % circling a picture
    save bbox_pic; path bbox_pic; bbox_pic = bbox pic;
    max(xradius(bbox_pic), yradius(bbox_pic))
enddef;

vardef clearedlabel(expr str, pos) =    
    save newbox; path newbox; newbox = bbox thelabel(str, pos);     
    unfill newbox; label(str, pos);    
enddef;   

vardef circledlabel(expr str, pos) =   
    save circle; path circle;           
    circle = fullcircle scaled (2radius(textext(str))) shifted pos;       
    unfill circle; draw circle; label(str, pos);    
enddef;     

def prime_factorization(expr p, n, pos) =   
    if p**2 > n: % end test
        if pos = origin: circledlabel(decimal n, pos); % First n given was prime number! 
        else: % avoiding vertical overlapping with box above
            pair endpos; endpos = pos - (0, voffset - v + max(r1,r2));
            draw pos--endpos;
            circledlabel(decimal n, endpos);
        fi  
    % Main recursion step: branches below n
    elseif n mod p = 0: 
        picture pic_divisor, pic_dividend; numeric r[], dividend, hoffset, voffset;
        dividend = n div p;
        pic_divisor = textext(decimal p); pic_dividend = textext(decimal dividend);
        r1 = radius(pic_divisor); r2 = xradius(pic_dividend);  
        % Avoiding horizontal and vertical overlapping between circle and boxes
        hoffset = .5(h+r1+r2);
        voffset = v - r1;
        pair pos_dividend, pos_divisor; 
        pos_dividend =  pos + (hoffset, voffset); pos_divisor = pos + (-hoffset, voffset);
        draw pos -- pos_dividend; draw pos -- pos_divisor;
        clearedlabel(decimal n, pos); circledlabel(decimal p, pos_divisor);    
        prime_factorization(p, dividend, pos_dividend);
    elseif p = 2: prime_factorization (3, n, pos);      
    else: prime_factorization(p+2, n, pos); fi 
enddef;    

def prime_tree(expr n, pos) =
    numeric v, h; h = 0.75cm; v = -.65cm;
    prime_factorization(2, n, pos);
enddef;    

beginfig(1);
    L := 4cm; 
    prime_tree(36, origin);
    prime_tree(90, (L, 0));
    prime_tree(112, (2L, 0));
    prime_tree(612, (3L, 0));
    L := 5cm; l := -5cm;
    prime_tree(7875, (0, l));
    prime_tree(22230, (L, l)); 
    prime_tree(765434567654565, (2L, l));    
endfig;

\end{mplibcode}
\end{document}

Result:

enter image description here

The factorization of one of the examples provided by jfbu above took much longer time than the rest: 19928968819. The result is however as expected, after more than a minute of computations on my old laptop (MacBook Pro from 2008).

enter image description here

The next step is (I hope) the introduction of the exponents…

Edit 3 Done at last: a version taking the exponents into account. It has needed some time, the necessary changes having been difficult for me to sort out, mostly the appropriate way to deal with the last factors.

Like the former one, it has been incorporated in a LuaLaTeX program since it seems to run (slightly) faster than standalone MetaPost.

\documentclass[12pt, border=5mm]{standalone}
\usepackage{luatex85, luamplib}
    \mplibtextextlabel{enable}
    \mplibnumbersystem{double}
\begin{document}
\begin{mplibcode}

def str_number expr n = "$" & decimal n & "$" enddef;

def str_prime_exponent(expr p, cnt) =
    if cnt = 1: "$" & decimal p & "$"
    else: "$" & decimal p & "^{" & decimal cnt & "}$" fi
enddef;

vardef xradius(expr pic) = %horizontal radius of a picture
    save bbox_pic; path bbox_pic; bbox_pic = bbox pic;
    xpart(urcorner bbox_pic - center bbox_pic)
enddef;

vardef yradius(expr pic) = % vertical radius of a picture
    save bbox_pic; path bbox_pic; bbox_pic = bbox pic;
    ypart(urcorner bbox_pic - center bbox_pic)
enddef;

vardef radius(expr pic) = % circling a picture
    save bbox_pic; path bbox_pic; bbox_pic = bbox pic;
    max(xradius(bbox_pic), yradius(bbox_pic))
enddef;

vardef clearedlabel(expr str, pos) =    
    save newbox; path newbox; newbox = bbox thelabel(str, pos);     
    unfill newbox; label(str, pos);    
enddef;   

vardef circledlabel(expr str, pos) =   
    save circle; path circle;           
    circle = fullcircle scaled (2radius(textext(str))) shifted pos;       
    unfill circle; draw circle; label(str, pos);    
enddef; 

def show_divisor(expr p, cnt) =
    pair pos_divisor;
    pos_divisor = pos + (-hoffset, voffset);
    draw pos -- pos_divisor;
    circledlabel(str_prime_exponent(p, cnt), pos_divisor);
enddef;

def prepare_place_dividend_of(expr N) =
    pair pos_dividend;
    pos_dividend =  pos + (hoffset, voffset); 
    draw pos -- pos_dividend; 
    clearedlabel(str_number N, pos); 
enddef;   

def prime_factorization(expr p, n) =

    if p**2 <= n:

        if n mod p = 0:
            cnt := incr cnt;
            prime_factorization(p, n div p);
        else:
            if cnt > 0:
                picture pic_divisor, pic_dividend; numeric r[], hoffset, voffset;
                pic_divisor = textext(str_prime_exponent(p, cnt)); 
                pic_dividend = textext(str_number n);
                r1 = radius(pic_divisor); r2 = xradius(pic_dividend);
                % Avoiding horizontal and vertical overlapping between circle and boxes
                hoffset = .5(h+r1+r2); 
                voffset = v - r1;
                show_divisor(p, cnt);
                prepare_place_dividend_of(N);
                cnt := 0; N := n; pos := pos_dividend; 
            fi
            prime_factorization(if p = 2: 3 else: p+2 fi, n); 
        fi

    elseif cnt > 0:
        if p = n:
                cnt := incr cnt;
                picture pic_divisor; numeric r, hoffset, voffset;
                pic_divisor = textext(str_prime_exponent(p, cnt)); 
                r = radius(pic_divisor);
                hoffset = .5(h+r); 
                voffset = v - r;
                show_divisor(p, cnt);
                clearedlabel(str_number N, pos);            
        else:
                picture pic_divisor, pic_dividend; numeric r[], hoffset, voffset;
                pic_divisor = textext(str_prime_exponent(p, cnt)); 
                pic_dividend = textext(str_number(n));
                r1 = radius(pic_divisor); r2 = radius(pic_dividend);
                % Avoiding horizontal and vertical overlapping between circles and boxes
                hoffset = .5(h+r1+r2); 
                voffset = v - max(r1, r2);
                show_divisor(p, cnt);
                prepare_place_dividend_of(N);               
                circledlabel(str_number n, pos_dividend);
        fi

    elseif pos = origin: 
            circledlabel("$" & decimal n & "$", pos);

    else: % avoiding vertical overlapping with box above
          pair endpos; 
          numeric r; r = radius(textext(str_number(n)));
          endpos = pos - (0, voffset - v + max(r1,r));
          draw pos--endpos;
          circledlabel(str_number n, endpos); 
    fi
enddef;

def prime_tree(expr n) =
    numeric v, h, cnt, N; 
    h = 0.75cm; v = -.65cm; cnt = 0; N = n;
    prime_factorization(2, n);
enddef;    

beginfig(1);
    numeric L; L = 4cm; numeric l; l := -5cm;
    pair pos;
    pos := origin; prime_tree(36);
    pos := (L, 0); prime_tree(90);
    pos := (2L, 0); prime_tree(112);
    pos := (3L, 0); prime_tree(612); 
    L := 4.5cm;
    pos := (0, l); prime_tree(7875);
    pos := (L, l); prime_tree(22230); 
    pos := (2L, l); prime_tree(765434567654565);  
endfig;

\end{mplibcode}
\end{document}

Output:

enter image description here

[1] https://i.sstatic.net/1NFH7.png

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[+9] [2013-09-06 20:26:54] user4686

This is an answer to a topic raised by the OP in a comment, not an answer to the initial question of trees (this is why I make a second answer).

PSTikZ [1] asked for macros computing the greatest common divisor and the least common multiple of a set of integers.

The initial version of this answer provided such macros based on \xintGCDand \xintLCMfrom package xintgcd [2].

Since 1.09a (2013/09/24) the package actually provides \xintGCDofand \xintLCMof and xintexpr [3] has functions gcd and lcm. Thus the answer here got (belatedly) updated to simply use them.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{xintgcd}% \xintGCDof and \xintLCMof of macros
\usepackage{xintexpr}% gcd and lcm functions

\newcommand\test[1]{$\texttt{\detokenize{\xintGCDof{#1}}}\to\xintGCDof{#1}$\par
  $\texttt{\detokenize{\xintLCMof{#1}}}\to\xintLCMof{#1}$\par}

\begin{document}

\test {{12}}

\test {{12}{8}}

\test {{144}{216}{360}}

\test {{125}{625}{1000}}

\begin{align*}
  \mathrm{GCD}
  \begin{pmatrix}
    64*9*125*49*121*13\\ 16*81*25*343*1331*169\\ 128*27*5*7*121*169\\
    8*27*25*49*121*13
  \end{pmatrix}
  &=
  \xinttheiiexpr gcd(64*9*125*49*121*13,
  16*81*25*343*1331*169, 128*27*5*7*121*169, 8*27*25*49*121*13)\relax\\
8*9*5*7*121*13
 &= \xinttheiiexpr 8*9*5*7*121*13\relax\\
\mathrm{LCM}
  \begin{pmatrix}
    64*9*125*49*121*13\\ 16*81*25*343*1331*169\\ 128*27*5*7*121*169\\
    8*27*25*49*121*13
  \end{pmatrix}
  &=
  \xinttheiiexpr lcm(64*9*125*49*121*13,
  16*81*25*343*1331*169, 128*27*5*7*121*169, 8*27*25*49*121*13)\relax\\
128*81*125*343*1331*169
&= \xinttheiiexpr 128*81*125*343*1331*169\relax
\end{align*}

\end{document}

enter image description here

[1] https://tex.stackexchange.com/users/19356/pstikz
[2] http://www.ctan.org/pkg/xint
[3] http://www.ctan.org/pkg/xint

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