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Added comments to the python code for the first 25 problems
2019-09-26 13:41:22 +02:00

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#!/usr/bin/python3
# The sum of the squares of the first ten natural numbers is,
#
# 1^2 + 2^2 + ... + 10^2 = 385
#
# The square of the sum of the first ten natural numbers is,
#
# (1 + 2 + ... + 10)^2 = 55^2 = 3025
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# Hence the difference between the sum of the squares of the first ten natural numbers and the square of the sum is 3025 385 = 2640.
#
# Find the difference between the sum of the squares of the first one hundred natural numbers and the square of the sum.
from timeit import default_timer
def main():
start = default_timer()
sum_squares = 0
square_sum = 0
# Straightforward brute-force approach.
for i in range(1, 101):
sum_squares = sum_squares + i * i
square_sum = square_sum + i
square_sum = square_sum * square_sum
end = default_timer()
print('Project Euler, Problem 6')
print('Answer: {}'.format(square_sum - sum_squares))
print('Elapsed time: {:.9f} seconds'.format(end - start))
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()