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diff --git a/src/gcd_calculator.py b/src/gcd_calculator.py
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+def get_prime_factors(n):
+    """
+    Decompose a number into its prime factors.
+    
+    Args:
+        n (int): The number to factorize.
+    
+    Returns:
+        list: A list of prime factors.
+    
+    Raises:
+        ValueError: If input is not a positive integer.
+    """
+    # Validate input
+    if not isinstance(n, int):
+        raise ValueError("Input must be an integer")
+    
+    # Handle special cases
+    if n < 0:
+        n = abs(n)
+    
+    if n <= 1:
+        return []
+    
+    prime_factors = []
+    divisor = 2
+    
+    while divisor * divisor <= n:
+        if n % divisor == 0:
+            prime_factors.append(divisor)
+            n //= divisor
+        else:
+            divisor += 1
+    
+    # If n is still greater than 1, it's a prime factor itself
+    if n > 1:
+        prime_factors.append(n)
+    
+    return prime_factors
+
+def gcd_prime_factors(a, b):
+    """
+    Calculate the Greatest Common Divisor (GCD) using prime factorization.
+    
+    Args:
+        a (int): First number.
+        b (int): Second number.
+    
+    Returns:
+        int: The Greatest Common Divisor.
+    
+    Raises:
+        ValueError: If inputs are not integers.
+    """
+    # Validate inputs
+    if not isinstance(a, int) or not isinstance(b, int):
+        raise ValueError("Inputs must be integers")
+    
+    # Handle special cases
+    if a == 0 and b == 0:
+        raise ValueError("GCD is undefined when both numbers are zero")
+    
+    # Handle zero case
+    if a == 0:
+        return abs(b)
+    if b == 0:
+        return abs(a)
+    
+    # Get absolute values
+    a, b = abs(a), abs(b)
+    
+    # Get prime factors
+    a_factors = get_prime_factors(a)
+    b_factors = get_prime_factors(b)
+    
+    # Find common prime factors
+    gcd = 1
+    a_factor_count = {}
+    b_factor_count = {}
+    
+    # Count factors in a
+    for factor in a_factors:
+        a_factor_count[factor] = a_factor_count.get(factor, 0) + 1
+    
+    # Count factors in b
+    for factor in b_factors:
+        b_factor_count[factor] = b_factor_count.get(factor, 0) + 1
+    
+    # Calculate GCD by multiplying common factors
+    for factor, count in a_factor_count.items():
+        if factor in b_factor_count:
+            common_count = min(count, b_factor_count[factor])
+            gcd *= factor ** common_count
+    
+    return gcd
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diff --git a/src/prime_checker.py b/src/prime_checker.py
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+def is_prime(number):
+    """
+    Check if a given number is prime.
+    
+    Args:
+        number (int): The number to check for primality.
+    
+    Returns:
+        bool: True if the number is prime, False otherwise.
+    
+    Raises:
+        TypeError: If the input is not an integer.
+        ValueError: If the input is less than 2.
+    """
+    # Validate input type
+    if not isinstance(number, int):
+        raise TypeError("Input must be an integer")
+    
+    # Handle edge cases
+    if number < 2:
+        return False
+    
+    # Optimization: check divisibility up to square root of the number
+    for i in range(2, int(number**0.5) + 1):
+        if number % i == 0:
+            return False
+    
+    return True
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+def is_prime(n):
+    """
+    Check if a number is prime.
+    
+    Args:
+        n (int): Number to check for primality.
+    
+    Returns:
+        bool: True if the number is prime, False otherwise.
+    """
+    if n < 2:
+        return False
+    for i in range(2, int(n**0.5) + 1):
+        if n % i == 0:
+            return False
+    return True
+
+def prime_factorization(n):
+    """
+    Compute the prime factorization of a given integer.
+    
+    Args:
+        n (int): The number to factorize.
+    
+    Returns:
+        dict: A dictionary of prime factors and their frequencies.
+    
+    Raises:
+        ValueError: If the input is not a positive integer.
+    """
+    # Handle edge cases
+    if not isinstance(n, int):
+        raise ValueError("Input must be an integer")
+    
+    if n < 0:
+        raise ValueError("Input must be a non-negative integer")
+    
+    if n < 2:
+        return {}
+    
+    # Initialize factors dictionary
+    factors = {}
+    
+    # Validate primality of initial value
+    if not is_prime(n) or n == 1:
+        # Handle 2 as a special case to optimize odd number factorization
+        while n % 2 == 0:
+            factors[2] = factors.get(2, 0) + 1
+            n //= 2
+        
+        # Check odd factors up to square root of n
+        factor = 3
+        while factor * factor <= n:
+            # Validate primality of factor
+            if is_prime(factor):
+                while n % factor == 0:
+                    factors[factor] = factors.get(factor, 0) + 1
+                    n //= factor
+            factor += 2
+        
+        # If n is a prime number greater than 2
+        if n > 2 and is_prime(n):
+            factors[n] = factors.get(n, 0) + 1
+    else:
+        # n itself is prime
+        factors[n] = 1
+    
+    return factors
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diff --git a/tests/test_gcd_calculator.py b/tests/test_gcd_calculator.py
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+import pytest
+from src.gcd_calculator import get_prime_factors, gcd_prime_factors
+
+def test_get_prime_factors():
+    # Test basic prime factorization
+    assert get_prime_factors(12) == [2, 2, 3]
+    assert get_prime_factors(100) == [2, 2, 5, 5]
+    assert get_prime_factors(7) == [7]
+    assert get_prime_factors(1) == []
+    
+    # Test zero and negative numbers
+    assert get_prime_factors(0) == []
+    assert get_prime_factors(-12) == [2, 2, 3]
+
+def test_gcd_prime_factors():
+    # Test basic GCD calculations
+    assert gcd_prime_factors(48, 18) == 6
+    assert gcd_prime_factors(54, 24) == 6
+    assert gcd_prime_factors(17, 23) == 1
+    assert gcd_prime_factors(100, 75) == 25
+    
+    # Test with zero
+    assert gcd_prime_factors(0, 5) == 5
+    assert gcd_prime_factors(5, 0) == 5
+    
+    # Test with negative numbers
+    assert gcd_prime_factors(-48, 18) == 6
+    assert gcd_prime_factors(48, -18) == 6
+    assert gcd_prime_factors(-48, -18) == 6
+
+def test_gcd_error_handling():
+    # Test invalid inputs
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="Inputs must be integers"):
+        gcd_prime_factors(3.14, 5)
+    
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="Inputs must be integers"):
+        gcd_prime_factors("10", 5)
+    
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="GCD is undefined when both numbers are zero"):
+        gcd_prime_factors(0, 0)
+
+def test_get_prime_factors_error_handling():
+    # Test invalid inputs
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="Input must be an integer"):
+        get_prime_factors(3.14)
+    
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="Input must be an integer"):
+        get_prime_factors("10")
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diff --git a/tests/test_prime_checker.py b/tests/test_prime_checker.py
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+import pytest
+from src.prime_checker import is_prime
+
+def test_prime_numbers():
+    """Test numbers that are known to be prime."""
+    prime_numbers = [2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29]
+    for num in prime_numbers:
+        assert is_prime(num) is True, f"{num} should be prime"
+
+def test_non_prime_numbers():
+    """Test numbers that are known to be non-prime."""
+    non_prime_numbers = [0, 1, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, 15]
+    for num in non_prime_numbers:
+        assert is_prime(num) is False, f"{num} should not be prime"
+
+def test_large_prime_number():
+    """Test a large prime number."""
+    assert is_prime(104729) is True, "Large prime number not correctly identified"
+
+def test_large_non_prime_number():
+    """Test a large non-prime number."""
+    assert is_prime(104730) is False, "Large non-prime number not correctly identified"
+
+def test_negative_numbers():
+    """Test that negative numbers are not considered prime."""
+    negative_numbers = [-1, -2, -3, -5, -7]
+    for num in negative_numbers:
+        assert is_prime(num) is False, f"{num} should not be prime"
+
+def test_invalid_input_type():
+    """Test that non-integer inputs raise a TypeError."""
+    invalid_inputs = [3.14, "7", [7], None]
+    for invalid_input in invalid_inputs:
+        with pytest.raises(TypeError):
+            is_prime(invalid_input)
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+import pytest
+from src.prime_factorization import prime_factorization, is_prime
+
+def test_is_prime():
+    """Test prime number checking function."""
+    assert is_prime(2) == True
+    assert is_prime(3) == True
+    assert is_prime(7) == True
+    assert is_prime(11) == True
+    assert is_prime(4) == False
+    assert is_prime(15) == False
+    assert is_prime(1) == False
+    assert is_prime(0) == False
+
+def test_prime_number_factorization():
+    """Test factorization of prime numbers."""
+    assert prime_factorization(7) == {7: 1}
+    assert prime_factorization(11) == {11: 1}
+    assert prime_factorization(13) == {13: 1}
+
+def test_composite_number_factorization():
+    """Test factorization of composite numbers."""
+    assert prime_factorization(24) == {2: 3, 3: 1}
+    assert prime_factorization(100) == {2: 2, 5: 2}
+    assert prime_factorization(84) == {2: 2, 3: 1, 7: 1}
+
+def test_edge_cases():
+    """Test edge cases like 0, 1, and small numbers."""
+    assert prime_factorization(0) == {}
+    assert prime_factorization(1) == {}
+    assert prime_factorization(2) == {2: 1}
+
+def test_error_handling():
+    """Test error handling for invalid inputs."""
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
+        prime_factorization(-5)
+    
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
+        prime_factorization(3.14)
+    
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
+        prime_factorization("not a number")
+
+def test_large_number():
+    """Test factorization of a relatively large number."""
+    result = prime_factorization(123456)
+    
+    # Verify the result contains only prime keys
+    assert all(is_prime(key) for key in result.keys())
+    
+    # Verify the product of prime factors equals the original number
+    product = 1
+    for prime, freq in result.items():
+        product *= (prime ** freq)
+    assert product == 123456
+    
+    # Verify the number of prime factors
+    total_factors = sum(result.values())
+    assert total_factors > 0
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