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Cite Legendre's Formula (cp-algorithms#1019)
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$$\Bigl\lfloor\dfrac{n}{k}\Bigr\rfloor + \Bigl\lfloor\dfrac{n}{k^2}\Bigr\rfloor + \ldots + \Bigl\lfloor\dfrac{n}{k^i}\Bigr\rfloor + \ldots$$
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This result is also known as [Legendre's formula](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legendre%27s_formula).
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The sum is of course finite, since only approximately the first $\log_k n$ elements are not zeros. Thus, the runtime of this algorithm is $O(\log_k n)$.
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### Implementation

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