#!/usr/bin/env python3 # The arithmetic sequence, 1487, 4817, 8147, in which each of the terms increases by 3330, is unusual in two ways: (i) each of the three terms are prime, # and, (ii) each of the 4-digit numbers are permutations of one another. # # There are no arithmetic sequences made up of three 1-, 2-, or 3-digit primes, exhibiting this property, but there is one other 4-digit # increasing sequence. # # What 12-digit number do you form by concatenating the three terms in this sequence? from projecteuler import sieve, timing @timing def p049() -> None: N = 10000 primes = sieve(N) found = 0 i = 1489 # Starting from i=1489 (bigger than the first number in the sequence given in the problem), # check odd numbers. If they're prime, loop on even numbers j (odd+even=odd, odd+odd=even and # we need odd numbers because we're looking for primes) up to 4254 (1489+2*4256=10001 which has # 5 digits. while i < N: if primes[i] == 1: for j in range(1, 4255): # If i, i+j and i+2*j are all primes and they have all the same digits, the result has been found. if i + 2 * j < N and primes[i+j] == 1 and primes[i+2*j] == 1 and\ ''.join(sorted(str(i))) == ''.join(sorted(str(i+j))) and\ ''.join(sorted(str(i))) == ''.join(sorted(str(i+2*j))): found = 1 break if found: break i = i + 2 print('Project Euler, Problem 49') print(f'Answer: {str(i)+str(i+j)+str(i+2*j)}') if __name__ == '__main__': p049()