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3629. Minimum Jumps to Reach End via Prime Teleportation

MediumBreadth-First SearchArrayHash TableMathNumber Theory
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Problem Description

You are given an integer array nums of length n.

You start at index 0, and your goal is to reach index n - 1.

From any index i, you may perform one of the following operations:

  • Adjacent Step: Jump to index i + 1 or i - 1, if the index is within bounds.
  • Prime Teleportation: If nums[i] is a prime number p, you may instantly jump to any index j != i such that nums[j] % p == 0.

Return the minimum number of jumps required to reach index n - 1.

In short, beginning at index 0, you want to travel to the last index n - 1 using as few jumps as possible. At each position you have two ways to move:

  • Move to a neighbor: step to the index immediately to the left (i - 1) or right (i + 1), provided that index exists within the array.
  • Teleport via a prime: when the value nums[i] at your current index is a prime number p, you can jump in a single move to any other index j whose value is divisible by p (that is, nums[j] % p == 0).

Every operation, whether an adjacent step or a teleportation, counts as one jump. The task is to find the smallest total number of jumps needed to go from index 0 to index n - 1.

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How We Pick the Algorithm

Why BFS?

This problem maps to BFS through a short path in the full flowchart.

Graphproblem?yesIs itrelated toshortestyesBFS

The problem finds the minimum jumps from start to end with adjacent moves and prime teleportation; BFS on the state graph finds the shortest path.

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First, let's pin down the algorithm using the Flowchart. Here's a step-by-step walkthrough:

Is it a graph?

  • Yes: We can model each index as a node, with edges connecting indices that can be reached in one jump. Adjacent steps connect i with i - 1 and i + 1, while prime teleportation connects an index to all indices whose values share that prime factor.

Is it a tree?

  • No: The structure contains cycles (you can move back and forth between adjacent indices, and teleportation links create many-to-many connections), so it is not a tree.

Is the problem related to directed acyclic graphs?

  • No: The edges are bidirectional and the graph has cycles, so it is not a DAG.

Is the problem related to shortest paths?

  • Yes: We need the minimum number of jumps to go from index 0 to index n - 1, which is a shortest-path question.

Is the graph Weighted?

  • No: Every jump—whether an adjacent step or a prime teleportation—costs exactly one move, so all edges have the same weight.

Conclusion: With an unweighted graph and a shortest-path objective, the flowchart points us to the BFS pattern, exploring indices level by level until we first reach index n - 1.

Intuition

The phrase "minimum number of jumps" is the key hint. Whenever we want the fewest steps to travel between two points and every step costs the same, the natural tool is breadth-first search (BFS), because BFS explores all positions reachable in one jump, then two jumps, then three, and so on. The first time we touch index n - 1, the current level count is exactly the answer.

To run BFS we need to know, from any index i, which indices we can reach in a single jump. There are two kinds of moves:

  • Adjacent step: from i we can always try i - 1 and i + 1. These are easy and computed on the spot.
  • Prime teleportation: if nums[i] is a prime p, we can jump to every index j whose value is divisible by p. This part needs more thought.

A first idea might be: for each index, scan the whole array to find divisible values. But that is far too slow when the array is large. The smarter observation is that teleportation really connects indices through a shared prime factor. If nums[i] = p (a prime) and nums[j] % p == 0, then p is a prime factor of nums[j]. So if we group indices by the primes that divide their values, every prime p gives us a ready-made list of indices that can teleport to one another.

This leads to building a map g where g[p] holds all indices whose value contains the prime factor p. To fill this map quickly, we precompute the prime factors of every possible number up to 10^6 using a sieve-like process, so looking up the factors of any nums[i] is instant.

During BFS, when we stand at index i and nums[i] is a prime p, we instantly know all teleport targets: they are exactly the indices stored in g[p]. We add those plus the two neighbors to the next level, marking each visited so we never process an index twice.

One more efficiency trick makes the whole thing fast: once we have used the list g[p] to spread to its indices, those indices are all visited, so we never need that list again. Clearing it after use prevents repeatedly scanning the same potentially huge group, keeping the total work proportional to the number of edges we actually need.

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Solution Approach

We solve the problem with Preprocessing + BFS.

Step 1: Precompute prime factors for every number.

Before handling any input, we build a global array factors where factors[x] is the list of distinct prime factors of x, for all x up to mx = 10**6 + 1. We do this with a sieve-like loop:

for i in range(2, mx):
    if not factors[i]:        # i has no factor yet, so i is prime
        for j in range(i, mx, i):
            factors[j].append(i)

When factors[i] is still empty, i must be a prime, so we walk through all its multiples j and append i to each factors[j]. After this, looking up the prime factors of any value is O(1) plus the small number of factors it has.

Step 2: Build the teleportation graph g.

For each index i with value x = nums[i], and for each prime p in factors[x], we record i in g[p]:

g = defaultdict(list)
for i, x in enumerate(nums):
    for p in factors[x]:
        g[p].append(i)

Now g[p] is the complete list of indices whose value is divisible by p. When we stand at an index whose value equals a prime p, those are exactly the indices we can teleport to.

Step 3: BFS level by level.

We track which indices are already reached with a boolean array vis, start the queue q with index 0, and use ans to count the number of jump levels. Each iteration of the outer loop processes one entire level:

ans = 0
vis = [False] * n
vis[0] = True
q = [0]
while 1:
    nq = []
    for i in q:
        if i == n - 1:
            return ans
        idx = g[nums[i]]
        idx.append(i + 1)
        if i:
            idx.append(i - 1)
        for j in idx:
            if not vis[j]:
                vis[j] = True
                nq.append(j)
        idx.clear()
    q = nq
    ans += 1

For each index i in the current level:

  • If i == n - 1, we have reached the goal, so we return the current level count ans.
  • We take idx = g[nums[i]]. If nums[i] is a prime p, this list already contains all teleport targets; if nums[i] is not prime, g[nums[i]] is empty (no key was inserted for composite values), so only neighbors apply.
  • We append the adjacent steps i + 1 and i - 1 (the latter only when i is not 0) into the same idx list.
  • For every candidate j in idx that is not yet visited, we mark it visited and push it into the next level nq.

The key optimization: after expanding idx, we call idx.clear(). Since idx points to the actual list stored in g[nums[i]], clearing it means any later index sharing the same prime never re-processes this whole group. Combined with the vis array, each index and each edge is handled at most once, keeping the overall time near O(n + total prime-factor occurrences).

When BFS first dequeues index n - 1, the value of ans equals the minimum number of jumps required, which is returned.

Example Walkthrough

Let's trace through the solution with a small example.

Input: nums = [2, 4, 3, 9, 6], so n = 5. We start at index 0 and want to reach index 4.

Step 1: Precompute prime factors.

After the sieve runs, the relevant lookups are:

value xfactors[x]
2[2]
4[2]
3[3]
9[3]
6[2, 3]

Step 2: Build the teleportation graph g.

We scan each index and append it to g[p] for every prime factor p of nums[i]:

  • i = 0, x = 2, factors [2]g[2] = [0]
  • i = 1, x = 4, factors [2]g[2] = [0, 1]
  • i = 2, x = 3, factors [3]g[3] = [2]
  • i = 3, x = 9, factors [3]g[3] = [2, 3]
  • i = 4, x = 6, factors [2, 3]g[2] = [0, 1, 4], g[3] = [2, 3, 4]

Final graph:

g[2] = [0, 1, 4]
g[3] = [2, 3, 4]

Note that we look up teleport targets using g[nums[i]], meaning teleportation only fires when nums[i] itself is a prime key in g. Here that happens for nums[0] = 2 and nums[2] = 3.

Step 3: BFS level by level.

Initialize: vis = [T, F, F, F, F], q = [0], ans = 0.


Level 0 (ans = 0): process q = [0].

  • i = 0: not the goal. idx = g[nums[0]] = g[2] = [0, 1, 4]. Append adjacent i + 1 = 1 (no i - 1 since i = 0), so idx = [0, 1, 4, 1].
    • j = 0: already visited, skip.
    • j = 1: unvisited → mark, add to nq.
    • j = 4: unvisited → mark, add to nq.
    • j = 1: now visited, skip.
    • idx.clear()g[2] is now emptied so it's never reprocessed.

After this level: vis = [T, T, F, F, T], nq = [1, 4], ans becomes 1.

The teleport from value 2 already jumped us straight to index 4!


Level 1 (ans = 1): process q = [1, 4].

  • i = 1: not the goal. idx = g[nums[1]] = g[4] = [] (no key 4, since 4 is composite). Append neighbors 2 and 0, so idx = [2, 0].
    • j = 2: unvisited → mark, add to nq.
    • j = 0: visited, skip.
  • i = 4: this is the goal (n - 1 = 4), so we return ans = 1.

Result: The minimum number of jumps is 1.

Why it works: Standing at index 0 with value 2 (a prime), the teleportation rule lets us jump to any index whose value is divisible by 2. Index 4 holds value 6, which is divisible by 2, so a single teleport carries us from index 0 to index 4. BFS discovers this on its very first level, guaranteeing it as the minimum since no shorter path exists.

Solution Implementation

1from typing import List
2from collections import defaultdict
3
4# Precompute the smallest/all prime factors for every number up to MAX_VAL.
5MAX_VAL = 10**6 + 1
6prime_factors = [[] for _ in range(MAX_VAL)]
7for base in range(2, MAX_VAL):
8    # If prime_factors[base] is empty, then 'base' is prime.
9    if not prime_factors[base]:
10        # Mark 'base' as a prime factor of all its multiples.
11        for multiple in range(base, MAX_VAL, base):
12            prime_factors[multiple].append(base)
13
14
15class Solution:
16    def minJumps(self, nums: List[int]) -> int:
17        n = len(nums)
18
19        # Group indices by each prime factor of their value.
20        # graph[p] = list of indices i such that p divides nums[i].
21        graph = defaultdict(list)
22        for i, x in enumerate(nums):
23            for p in prime_factors[x]:
24                graph[p].append(i)
25
26        steps = 0
27        visited = [False] * n
28        visited[0] = True
29        queue = [0]
30
31        # Standard BFS over levels; 'steps' is the BFS depth.
32        while True:
33            next_queue = []
34            for i in queue:
35                # Reached the last index: return current depth.
36                if i == n - 1:
37                    return steps
38
39                # Collect candidate neighbors for index i.
40                # Reuse the prime-group list as a scratch buffer, then clear it
41                # so this group is never expanded again (avoids O(k^2) blowup).
42                neighbors = graph[nums[i]]
43                neighbors.append(i + 1)        # jump to the next index
44                if i:
45                    neighbors.append(i - 1)    # jump to the previous index
46
47                for j in neighbors:
48                    if not visited[j]:
49                        visited[j] = True
50                        next_queue.append(j)
51
52                # Clear so future nodes don't re-traverse this whole group.
53                neighbors.clear()
54
55            queue = next_queue
56            steps += 1
57
1class Solution {
2    // Upper bound for the precomputed prime factor table.
3    private static final int MX = 1000001;
4
5    // factors[v] holds the list of distinct prime factors of v.
6    private static final List<Integer>[] FACTORS = new List[MX];
7
8    // Static block: precompute the prime factors for every value in [0, MX)
9    // using a sieve. This runs once when the class is loaded.
10    static {
11        // Initialize an empty list for every value.
12        for (int i = 0; i < MX; i++) {
13            FACTORS[i] = new ArrayList<>();
14        }
15        // Sieve of Eratosthenes style: if FACTORS[i] is empty, then i is prime.
16        for (int i = 2; i < MX; i++) {
17            if (FACTORS[i].isEmpty()) {
18                // Add prime i as a factor to all of its multiples.
19                for (int j = i; j < MX; j += i) {
20                    FACTORS[j].add(i);
21                }
22            }
23        }
24    }
25
26    public int minJumps(int[] nums) {
27        int n = nums.length;
28
29        // graph: maps a prime factor -> list of indices whose value contains that prime.
30        // Indices sharing a common prime factor can be reached from one another.
31        Map<Integer, List<Integer>> graph = new HashMap<>();
32        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
33            int value = nums[i];
34            for (int prime : FACTORS[value]) {
35                graph.computeIfAbsent(prime, k -> new ArrayList<>()).add(i);
36            }
37        }
38
39        // BFS to find the minimum number of jumps from index 0 to index n - 1.
40        int answer = 0;
41        boolean[] visited = new boolean[n];
42        visited[0] = true;
43
44        Deque<Integer> queue = new ArrayDeque<>();
45        queue.offer(0);
46
47        while (true) {
48            // nextQueue holds the indices discovered at the next BFS level.
49            Deque<Integer> nextQueue = new ArrayDeque<>();
50
51            for (int i : queue) {
52                // Reached the last index: current level count is the answer.
53                if (i == n - 1) {
54                    return answer;
55                }
56
57                // Retrieve the group of indices sharing nums[i]'s prime factor.
58                // Note: this references the actual list stored in the map, so the
59                // adjacent indices appended below and the later clear() reuse it.
60                List<Integer> neighbors = graph.getOrDefault(nums[i], new ArrayList<>());
61
62                // Add the natural adjacent indices: i + 1 and i - 1.
63                neighbors.add(i + 1);
64                if (i > 0) {
65                    neighbors.add(i - 1);
66                }
67
68                // Visit all reachable neighbors.
69                for (int j : neighbors) {
70                    if (!visited[j]) {
71                        visited[j] = true;
72                        nextQueue.offer(j);
73                    }
74                }
75
76                // Clear the group so this prime-factor cluster is not processed
77                // again from any other index (an optimization that avoids
78                // redundant edge expansions).
79                neighbors.clear();
80            }
81
82            // Advance to the next BFS level.
83            queue = nextQueue;
84            answer++;
85        }
86    }
87}
88
1// Upper bound for precomputing prime factors.
2const int kMaxValue = 1e6 + 1;
3
4// factors[i] stores all distinct prime factors of i.
5vector<int> factors[kMaxValue];
6
7// Precompute distinct prime factors for every number using a sieve.
8// This runs once before any Solution is instantiated.
9int init = [] {
10    for (int i = 2; i < kMaxValue; ++i) {
11        // If factors[i] is empty, then i has not been marked => i is prime.
12        if (factors[i].empty()) {
13            // Mark i as a prime factor for all of its multiples.
14            for (int j = i; j < kMaxValue; j += i) {
15                factors[j].push_back(i);
16            }
17        }
18    }
19    return 0;
20}();
21
22class Solution {
23public:
24    int minJumps(vector<int>& nums) {
25        int n = nums.size();
26
27        // Map from a prime factor to all indices whose value contains that factor.
28        unordered_map<int, vector<int>> primeToIndices;
29        for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
30            int value = nums[i];
31            for (int prime : factors[value]) {
32                primeToIndices[prime].push_back(i);
33            }
34        }
35
36        int steps = 0;
37
38        // Standard BFS over indices to find the shortest path to the last index.
39        vector<bool> visited(n, false);
40        visited[0] = true;
41
42        queue<int> currentLevel;
43        currentLevel.push(0);
44
45        while (true) {
46            queue<int> nextLevel;
47
48            // Process every index reachable in the current number of steps.
49            while (!currentLevel.empty()) {
50                int i = currentLevel.front();
51                currentLevel.pop();
52
53                // Reached the last index; current step count is the answer.
54                if (i == n - 1) {
55                    return steps;
56                }
57
58                // Collect all candidate neighbors:
59                // 1) Indices sharing the same value-based group (teleport jumps).
60                vector<int> neighbors = primeToIndices[nums[i]];
61                // 2) The adjacent index to the right.
62                neighbors.push_back(i + 1);
63                // 3) The adjacent index to the left (if it exists).
64                if (i > 0) {
65                    neighbors.push_back(i - 1);
66                }
67
68                // Enqueue all unvisited neighbors for the next BFS level.
69                for (int next : neighbors) {
70                    if (!visited[next]) {
71                        visited[next] = true;
72                        nextLevel.push(next);
73                    }
74                }
75
76                // Clear this group so its indices are never reprocessed,
77                // which keeps the overall BFS linear in total edges.
78                primeToIndices[nums[i]].clear();
79            }
80
81            // Advance BFS to the next level.
82            currentLevel = nextLevel;
83            ++steps;
84        }
85    }
86};
87```
88
89A note on the code's behavior: the neighbor lookup uses `primeToIndices[nums[i]]`, meaning it groups indices by the **value** `nums[i]` interpreted as a key into a map that was populated by **prime factors**. This works correctly when values themselves are prime (the key coincides with a prime factor entry). If you intended to jump between any indices sharing **any** common prime factor, you would loop over `factors[nums[i]]` and gather indices from each prime group:
90
91```cpp
92// Alternative: jump between indices sharing any common prime factor.
93for (int prime : factors[nums[i]]) {
94    for (int next : primeToIndices[prime]) {
95        if (!visited[next]) {
96            visited[next] = true;
97            nextLevel.push(next);
98        }
99    }
100    primeToIndices[prime].clear();
101}
102
1// Upper bound for precomputing prime factors (constraint limit + 1)
2const MAX = 1000001;
3
4// factors[i] stores the list of distinct prime factors of i
5const factors: number[][] = Array(MAX);
6
7// Initialize each entry as an empty array
8for (let i = 0; i < MAX; i++) {
9    factors[i] = [];
10}
11
12// Sieve-based approach: for each prime i, mark it as a factor of all its multiples
13for (let i = 2; i < MAX; i++) {
14    // If factors[i] is empty, i has no smaller prime factor, so i is prime
15    if (factors[i].length === 0) {
16        for (let j = i; j < MAX; j += i) {
17            factors[j].push(i);
18        }
19    }
20}
21
22function minJumps(nums: number[]): number {
23    const n = nums.length;
24
25    // Map each prime factor to the list of indices whose value shares that prime
26    const primeToIndices = new Map<number, number[]>();
27    for (let i = 0; i < n; i++) {
28        const value = nums[i];
29        for (const prime of factors[value]) {
30            if (!primeToIndices.has(prime)) {
31                primeToIndices.set(prime, []);
32            }
33            primeToIndices.get(prime)!.push(i);
34        }
35    }
36
37    // BFS to find the minimum number of jumps from index 0 to index n - 1
38    let steps = 0;
39    const visited: boolean[] = new Array(n).fill(false);
40    visited[0] = true;
41    let queue: number[] = [0];
42
43    while (true) {
44        const nextQueue: number[] = [];
45
46        for (const i of queue) {
47            // Reached the last index; return the current step count
48            if (i === n - 1) {
49                return steps;
50            }
51
52            // Collect candidate neighbors:
53            // 1) All indices sharing a prime factor with nums[i]
54            const neighbors: number[] = [...(primeToIndices.get(nums[i]) || [])];
55            // 2) The next adjacent index
56            neighbors.push(i + 1);
57            // 3) The previous adjacent index (if valid)
58            if (i > 0) {
59                neighbors.push(i - 1);
60            }
61
62            // Visit all unvisited neighbors
63            for (const j of neighbors) {
64                if (!visited[j]) {
65                    visited[j] = true;
66                    nextQueue.push(j);
67                }
68            }
69
70            // Clear this value's prime group to prevent reprocessing
71            // (all members are now reachable, so the group is exhausted)
72            if (primeToIndices.has(nums[i])) {
73                primeToIndices.get(nums[i])!.length = 0;
74            }
75        }
76
77        queue = nextQueue;
78        steps++;
79    }
80}
81

Time and Space Complexity

  • Time complexity: O(n × log M), where n is the length of the array nums, and M is the maximum value in the array. Although the precomputation of the factors sieve takes O(M log log M) time, focusing on the per-call cost of minJumps: each number can have at most O(log M) distinct prime factors, so building the prime-to-indices map g costs O(n × log M). During the BFS, each index is visited at most once and marked in vis, and for each prime group the list g[p] is cleared after first use (the idx.clear() removes the indices so the same group is not re-traversed). Thus every edge derived from shared prime factors is processed only once in total, giving an overall traversal cost of O(n × log M). Combined, the algorithm runs in O(n × log M).

  • Space complexity: O(n × log M), where n is the length of the array, and M is the maximum value. The graph g stores, for each prime factor, the indices of numbers containing it; since each number contributes to at most O(log M) prime groups, the total storage is O(n × log M). The auxiliary arrays vis, the queue q, and nq each use O(n) space, which is dominated by the graph. (The global factors sieve itself uses additional O(M log log M) space, but the per-call space of minJumps is O(n × log M).)

Pattern Learn more about how to find time and space complexity quickly.

Common Pitfalls

Pitfall 1: Teleporting from a composite value instead of only from a prime value

The most common mistake is misreading the teleportation rule. The rule says teleportation is allowed only when nums[i] is a prime number p, and you may jump to any j with nums[j] % p == 0. It is not "you may teleport along any shared prime factor of nums[i]."

The code relies on a subtle correctness invariant to enforce this:

neighbors = graph[nums[i]]

The lookup key is nums[i] itself, not its prime factors. So teleportation targets are fetched only when nums[i] is a value that was inserted as a key — and keys in graph are primes (the entries p from prime_factors[x]). Therefore:

  • If nums[i] is a prime p, graph[p] exists and holds every index divisible by p. ✅
  • If nums[i] is composite (say 12), graph[12] was never created, so defaultdict returns an empty list — no illegal teleport happens. ✅

The trap: a tempting "optimization" is to loop over prime_factors[nums[i]] and gather all those groups:

# WRONG — allows teleporting from composite values
for p in prime_factors[nums[i]]:
    for j in graph[p]:
        ...

This lets you teleport from index i even when nums[i] = 12, producing answers that are too small. Always key the teleport lookup by the raw value nums[i], not by its factors.

Pitfall 2: Mutating the shared graph[nums[i]] list with append/clear corrupts data on repeated values

The code reuses graph[nums[i]] as a scratch buffer:

neighbors = graph[nums[i]]
neighbors.append(i + 1)
if i: neighbors.append(i - 1)
...
neighbors.clear()

This works only because of two guarantees that are easy to break:

  1. clear() must run on every path out of the loop body. If you add an early continue or break before neighbors.clear(), the appended neighbor indices i+1/i-1 permanently pollute that prime's group. Later, a different index with the same prime value would teleport to those polluted positions, giving wrong results.

  2. The clear() deliberately destroys the group after first use. This is the intended O(k²)O(k) optimization: once a prime group is expanded, every member is visited, so it never needs expanding again. But it means graph is consumed during BFS — you cannot run BFS twice on the same graph, and you must not read graph[p] for analytics afterward.

Safer alternative that avoids the shared-mutation fragility:

for i in queue:
    if i == n - 1:
        return steps

    p = nums[i]
    if p in graph:                 # only primes are keys
        for j in graph[p]:
            if not visited[j]:
                visited[j] = True
                next_queue.append(j)
        del graph[p]               # expand each prime group at most once

    for j in (i + 1, i - 1):
        if 0 <= j < n and not visited[j]:
            visited[j] = True
            next_queue.append(j)

Here the adjacent steps are handled separately and never written into the shared group list, so a stray continue/break can no longer corrupt graph. The del graph[p] preserves the same one-time-expansion optimization.

Pitfall 3: The global sieve cost dominates for small inputs

prime_factors is built up to 10**6 + 1 at import time, costing roughly O(MAX_VAL · log log MAX_VAL) time and a large amount of memory (a million sublists), regardless of how small nums is. Pitfalls here:

  • On a single small test this preprocessing can look like the whole runtime; it is amortized only because it runs once per process.
  • If the judge's value constraint is below 10**6, sizing MAX_VAL to max(nums) + 1 instead of a hardcoded constant saves substantial time and memory:
mx = max(nums) + 1
prime_factors = [[] for _ in range(mx)]
for base in range(2, mx):
    if not prime_factors[base]:
        for multiple in range(base, mx, base):
            prime_factors[multiple].append(base)

Just ensure mx is at least 2 to keep the range valid when all values are 0 or 1.

Pitfall 4: Edge cases with n == 1 and values 0/1

  • n == 1: start index 0 is already the goal. BFS handles this correctly because 0 is dequeued at steps == 0 and returns immediately — but only if you check i == n - 1 before expanding neighbors. Reversing that order would still return 0 here, yet it's worth confirming the goal check sits at the top of the loop.
  • nums[i] equal to 0 or 1: these have no prime factors, so prime_factors[0] and prime_factors[1] are empty, no graph keys are produced, and they participate only via adjacent steps. This is correct, but note nums[j] % p == 0 would be trivially true for nums[j] == 0 against any prime p — and indeed 0 is divisible by every prime, so 0-valued indices correctly appear in every relevant graph[p] because prime_factors[0] being empty does not stop 0 from being a target... except it does, since 0 is never added to any group. Confirm whether the problem intends 0 as a valid teleport target; under the standard constraint nums[i] >= 1, this ambiguity never arises.

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