Scala で階乗を計算する最も効率的な方法は、分割統治戦略を使用することです。
def fact(n: Int): BigInt = rangeProduct(1, n)
private def rangeProduct(n1: Long, n2: Long): BigInt = n2 - n1 match {
case 0 => BigInt(n1)
case 1 => BigInt(n1 * n2)
case 2 => BigInt(n1 * (n1 + 1)) * n2
case 3 => BigInt(n1 * (n1 + 1)) * ((n2 - 1) * n2)
case _ =>
val nm = (n1 + n2) >> 1
rangeProduct(n1, nm) * rangeProduct(nm + 1, n2)
}
また、速度を上げるには、最新バージョンの JDK と次の JVM オプションを使用します。
-server -XX:+TieredCompilation
以下は、Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2640M CPU @ 2.80GHz (最大 3.50GHz)、RAM 12Gb DDR3-1333、Windows 7 sp1、Oracle JDK 1.8.0_25-b18 64 ビットの結果です。
(BigInt(1) to BigInt(100000)).product took: 3,806 ms with 26.4 % of CPU usage
(BigInt(1) to BigInt(100000)).reduce(_ * _) took: 3,728 ms with 25.4 % of CPU usage
(BigInt(1) to BigInt(100000)).reduceLeft(_ * _) took: 3,510 ms with 25.1 % of CPU usage
(BigInt(1) to BigInt(100000)).reduceRight(_ * _) took: 4,056 ms with 25.5 % of CPU usage
(BigInt(1) to BigInt(100000)).fold(BigInt(1))(_ * _) took: 3,697 ms with 25.5 % of CPU usage
(BigInt(1) to BigInt(100000)).par.product took: 406 ms with 66.3 % of CPU usage
(BigInt(1) to BigInt(100000)).par.reduce(_ * _) took: 296 ms with 71.1 % of CPU usage
(BigInt(1) to BigInt(100000)).par.reduceLeft(_ * _) took: 3,495 ms with 25.3 % of CPU usage
(BigInt(1) to BigInt(100000)).par.reduceRight(_ * _) took: 3,900 ms with 25.5 % of CPU usage
(BigInt(1) to BigInt(100000)).par.fold(BigInt(1))(_ * _) took: 327 ms with 56.1 % of CPU usage
fact(100000) took: 203 ms with 28.3 % of CPU usage
ところで、20000 を超える数値の階乗計算の効率を改善するために、Schönhage-Strassen アルゴリズムの実装に続いて使用するか、JDK 9 にマージされて Scala が使用できるようになるまで待ちます。