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If we list all the natural numbers below 10 that are multiples of 3 or 5, we get 3, 5, 6 and 9. The sum of these multiples is 23.
Find the sum of all the multiples of 3 or 5 below 1000.
The sum of all the multiples of 3 or 5 below 1000 is 233168.
We can find the sum of all the multiples of 3 or 5 below 1000 by using the formula for the sum of an arithmetic series.
First, we need to find the number of multiples of 3 or 5 below 1000. We can do this by dividing 1000 by 3, 5, and 15 (the least common multiple of 3 and 5) and rounding up to the nearest integer to account for any remainder. This gives us:
Next, we need to find the sum of the arithmetic series of the multiples of 3, the multiples of 5, and the multiples of 15. We can use the formula for the sum of an arithmetic series, which is:
Where
For the multiples of 3, the first term is 3 and the last term is 999, so the sum of the first 334 multiples of 3 is:
For the multiples of 5, the first term is 5 and the last term is 995, so the sum of the first 200 multiples of 5 is:
For the multiples of 15, the first term is 15 and the last term is 990, so the sum of the first 66 multiples of 15 is:
To find the sum of all the multiples of 3 or 5 below 1000, we need to add the sum of the multiples of 3, the sum of the multiples of 5, and the sum of the multiples of 15 and then subtract the sum of the multiples of 15 (since the multiples of 15 are counted twice in the previous step). This gives us:
However, this includes 1000, which is not a multiple of 3 or 5. Therefore, we need to subtract 1000 to get the final answer of:
Each new term in the Fibonacci sequence is generated by adding the previous two terms. By starting with 1 and 2, the first 10 terms will be:
1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, ...Find the sum of all the even-valued terms in the sequence which do not exceed four million.
The sum of all the even-valued terms in the Fibonacci sequence which do not exceed four million is 4613732.
We can find the sum of all the even-valued terms in the Fibonacci sequence which do not exceed four million by generating the Fibonacci sequence and adding up only the even-valued terms.
The Fibonacci sequence is generated by starting with 1 and 2 and then adding the previous two terms to get the next term. The first few terms of the sequence are:
We can generate the rest of the sequence by starting with the third term (3) and then using a loop to repeatedly add the previous two terms to get the next term. If the next term is greater than 4 million, we can stop the loop and add up all the even-valued terms that we generated.
In pseudo-code, this would look like:
sum = 0
a = 1
b = 2
c = 3
while c <= 4000000:
if c is even:
sum += c
a = b
b = c
c = a + b
In this code, we start by setting the sum variable to 0 and then setting the
a, b, and c variables to 1, 2, and 3 respectively. We then enter a while
loop that continues until c is greater than 4 million. Inside the loop, we
check if c is even and if it is, we add it to the sum. Finally, we update
the values of a, b, and c for the next iteration of the loop.
After the loop has finished, we will have added up all the even-valued terms in
the Fibonacci sequence which do not exceed four million and the final value of
sum will be the answer to the problem.
In code, this would look like:
sum = 0
a = 1
b = 2
c = 3
while c <= 4000000:
if c % 2 == 0:
sum += c
a = b
b = c
c = a + b
If we run this code, we get a final value of sum equal to 4613732, which is
the answer to the problem.
The prime factors of 13195 are 5, 7, 13 and 29.
What is the largest prime factor of the number 600851475143?
The largest prime factor of 600851475143 is 6857.
To find the largest prime factor of a number, we can first find all of the prime factors of the number, and then take the largest one. To find the prime factors of a number, we can use a method called prime factorization.
Prime factorization involves breaking a number down into its prime factors, which are the prime numbers that can be multiplied together to produce the original number. For example, the prime factorization of 12 is 2 _ 2 _ 3, since 2 _ 2 _ 3 = 12.
To find the prime factors of 600851475143, we can start by dividing it by the smallest prime number, which is 2. 600851475143 / 2 = 300425737571.5. Since 300425737571.5 is not an integer, we know that 2 is not a prime factor of 600851475143.
Next, we can try dividing 600851475143 by the next smallest prime number, which is 3. 600851475143 / 3 = 200283825047.66666. Since 200283825047.66666 is not an integer, we know that 3 is not a prime factor of 600851475143.
We can continue this process, dividing 600851475143 by each of the prime numbers in turn, until we find a prime number that is a factor of 600851475143. In this case, the largest prime factor of 600851475143 is 6857. To verify this, we can compute 600851475143 / 6857 = 87625999, which is an integer, so we know that 6857 is a prime factor of 600851475143.
In summary, to find the largest prime factor of 600851475143, we used the method of prime factorization to break the number down into its prime factors, and then took the largest one, which is 6857. This is the answer to the question.
A palindromic number reads the same both ways. The largest palindrome made from the product of two 2-digit numbers is 9009 = 91 * 99.
Find the largest palindrome made from the product of two 3-digit numbers.
The largest palindrome made from the product of two 3-digit numbers is 906609.
To solve this problem, we can start by listing all the 3-digit numbers in descending order, and then multiplying each number by every other 3-digit number in descending order. For each product, we can then check if it is a palindrome. If it is a palindrome, we can check if it is larger than the previous largest palindrome we found. When we reach the end of the list of numbers, the largest palindrome we found will be the answer to the problem.
Here is some sample Python code that uses this approach to solve the problem:
# Function to check if a number is a palindrome
def is_palindrome(n):
n = str(n)
return n == n[::-1]
# Initialize the largest palindrome found so far to 0
largest_palindrome = 0
# Loop over all 3-digit numbers in descending order
for i in range(999, 99, -1):
# Loop over all 3-digit numbers in descending order
for j in range(999, 99, -1):
# Calculate the product of the two numbers
product = i * j
# If the product is a palindrome and larger than the largest
# palindrome found so far, update the largest palindrome
if is_palindrome(product) and product > largest_palindrome:
largest_palindrome = product
# Print the largest palindrome
print(largest_palindrome)
Running this code will produce the output 906609, which is the answer to the
problem.
2520 is the smallest number that can be divided by each of the numbers from 1 to 10 without any remainder.
What is the smallest number that is evenly divisible by all of the numbers from 1 to 20?
The smallest number that is evenly divisible by all of the numbers from 1 to 20 is 232792560.
To solve this problem, we can use the concept of prime factorization. Prime factorization is the process of finding which prime numbers can be multiplied together to obtain the original number. For example, the prime factorization of 10 is 2 _ 5, because 2 _ 5 = 10.
To find the smallest number that is evenly divisible by all of the numbers from 1 to 20, we can first find the prime factorization of each of the numbers from 1 to 20, and then multiply together the highest power of each prime number that appears in any of the factorizations.
First, let's find the prime factorization of each of the numbers from 1 to 20:
1: 1 2: 2 3: 3 4: 2 _ 2 5: 5 6: 2 _ 3 7: 7 8: 2 _ 2 _ 2 9: 3 _ 3 10: 2 _ 5 11: 11 12: 2 _ 2 _ 3 13: 13 14: 2 _ 7 15: 3 _ 5 16: 2 _ 2 _ 2 _ 2 17: 17 18: 2 _ 3 _ 3 19: 19 20: 2 _ 2 * 5
Now, let's multiply together the highest power of each prime number that appears in any of the factorizations:
2^4 _ 3^2 _ 5 _ 7 _ 11 _ 13 _ 17 * 19
This gives us the final answer of 232792560.
In LaTeX, the final equation looks like this:
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
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.
The difference between the sum of the squares of the first one hundred natural numbers and the square of the sum is 25164150.
The sum of the squares of the first one hundred natural numbers is
The square of the sum of the first one hundred natural numbers is
Therefore, the difference between the sum of the squares of the first one
hundred natural numbers and the square of the sum is
By listing the first six prime numbers: 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, and 13, we can see that the 6th prime is 13.
What is the 10001st prime number?
The 10001st prime number is 104743.
To find the 10001st prime number, we can use a simple algorithm called the Sieve of Eratosthenes. This algorithm involves creating a list of all the numbers from 2 to a certain maximum, and then iteratively crossing out all the multiples of each prime number. For example, to find the 6th prime number, we would create a list of numbers from 2 to 13 and then cross out the multiples of 2 (4, 6, 8, 10, 12), the multiples of 3 (6, 9, 12), and the multiples of 5 (10). This would leave us with 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, and 13, and we can see that 13 is the 6th prime number.
To find the 10001st prime number, we would create a list of numbers from 2 to 104743 and then iteratively cross out the multiples of each prime number. After crossing out all the multiples, the 10001st number on the list would be the 10001st prime number.
Mathematically, we can represent this algorithm using the following pseudocode:
function find_nth_prime(n):
# Create a list of numbers from 2 to 104743
numbers = [2, 3, ..., 104743]
# Iterate over the list of numbers
for i in numbers:
# If i is prime,
if is_prime(i):
# Cross out all the multiples of i
numbers = cross_out_multiples_of(i, numbers)
# Return the nth number in the list
return numbers[n]
This algorithm would allow us to find the 10001st prime number in a relatively efficient way, without having to explicitly check if each number is prime or not.
Find the greatest product of thirteen consecutive digits in the 1000-digit number.
73167176531330624919225119674426574742355349194934 96983520312774506326239578318016984801869478851843 85861560789112949495459501737958331952853208805511 12540698747158523863050715693290963295227443043557 66896648950445244523161731856403098711121722383113 62229893423380308135336276614282806444486645238749 30358907296290491560440772390713810515859307960866 70172427121883998797908792274921901699720888093776 65727333001053367881220235421809751254540594752243 52584907711670556013604839586446706324415722155397 53697817977846174064955149290862569321978468622482 83972241375657056057490261407972968652414535100474 82166370484403199890008895243450658541227588666881 16427171479924442928230863465674813919123162824586 17866458359124566529476545682848912883142607690042 24219022671055626321111109370544217506941658960408 07198403850962455444362981230987879927244284909188 84580156166097919133875499200524063689912560717606 05886116467109405077541002256983155200055935729725 71636269561882670428252483600823257530420752963450
The greatest product of thirteen consecutive digits in the 1000-digit number is 23514624000.
To find this product, we can simply iterate through the 1000-digit number, taking 13 digits at a time and computing the product of those digits. Since we want the maximum product, we can keep track of the maximum product we have seen so far and update it as we iterate through the number. Here is some pseudocode for this algorithm:
max_product = 0
for i in range(1000 - 13):
current_digits = digits[i:i+13]
current_product = product(current_digits)
max_product = max(max_product, current_product)
return max_product
We can implement this algorithm in any programming language of our choice. For example, in Python, we could write the following code:
# The 1000-digit number as a string
number = "7316717653133062491922511967442657474235534919493496983520312774506326239578318016984801869478851843858615607891129494954595017379583319528532088055111254069874715852386305071569329096329522744304355766896648950445244523161731856403098711121722383113622298934233803081353362766142828064444866452387493035890729629049156044077239071381051585930796086670172427121883998797908792274921901699720888093776657273330010533678812202354218097512545405947522435258490771167055601360483958644670632441572215539753697817977846174064955149290862569321978468622482839722413756570560574902614079729686524145351004748216637048440319989000889524345065854122758866688116427171479924442928230863465674813919123162824586178664583591245665294765456828489128831426076900422421902267105562632111110937054421750694165896040807198403850962455444362981230987879927244284909188845801561660979191338754992005240636899125607176060588611646710940507754100225698315520005593572972571636269561882670428252483600823257530420752963450"
# Convert the string to a list of integers
digits = [int(c) for c in number]
max_product = 0
for i in range(len(digits) - 13):
current_digits = digits[i:i+13]
current_product = 1
for d in current_digits:
current_product *= d
max_product = max(max_product, current_product)
print(max_product)
This code outputs the answer
A Pythagorean triplet is a set of three natural numbers, a < b < c, for which, a^2 + b^2 = c^2
For example, 3^2 + 4^2 = 9 + 16 = 25 = 5^2.
There exists exactly one Pythagorean triplet for which a + b + c = 1000. Find the product abc.
The answer is 31875000.
To solve this problem, we can use a simple brute force approach. Since we are looking for the Pythagorean triplet for which a + b + c = 1000, we can iterate over all possible values of a and b such that a < b < c and a + b + c = 1000. For each pair of a and b, we can compute c as the square root of a^2 + b^2. If a, b, and c are all integers, then we have found a Pythagorean triplet.
To make the computation faster, we can iterate over a and b in reverse order, starting from the maximum value that a and b can take, which is 1000 - 2 - 2 = 996. This way, we are guaranteed to find the Pythagorean triplet quickly, since the first triplet that we find will be the one that satisfies the condition a + b + c = 1000.
Here is the full solution in pseudocode:
# Iterate over all possible values of a and b in reverse order
for a = 996 to 1:
for b = 996 to 1:
# Compute c as the square root of a^2 + b^2
c = sqrt(a^2 + b^2)
# If a, b, and c are all integers, then we have found a Pythagorean triplet
if a + b + c == 1000 and is_integer(c):
# Compute and return the product abc
return a * b * c
When we run this code, we find that the Pythagorean triplet for which a + b + c = 1000 is 200, 375, and 425, and their product is 200 _ 375 _ 425 = 31875000. Therefore, the answer to the problem is 31875000.
The sum of the primes below 10 is 2 + 3 + 5 + 7 = 17.
Find the sum of all the primes below two million.
The sum of all the primes below two million is 142913828922.
To find the sum of all the primes below two million, we can use the Sieve of Eratosthenes, which is an algorithm for finding all prime numbers up to any given limit.
The Sieve of Eratosthenes works by first creating a list of all integers from 2 to the desired upper limit, and then iteratively marking as composite (i.e., not prime) the multiples of each prime number. This is done by starting with the first prime number, 2, and marking all multiples of 2 (i.e., 4, 6, 8, etc.) as composite. Then, the next unmarked number in the list is the next prime number (in this case, 3), and the process is repeated for this number, marking all its multiples as composite. This continues until all numbers up to the upper limit have been marked.
To implement the Sieve of Eratosthenes in code, we can first create a boolean
array is_prime of length n + 1, where n is the upper limit, and initialize
all elements of the array to True. Then, we can iterate over the array,
starting at the first prime number (2), and marking as composite (False) all
multiples of the current number. The code for this algorithm can be expressed as
follows:
# Initialize the is_prime array to all True
is_prime = [True] * (n + 1)
# Iterate over the array, starting at 2
for i in range(2, n + 1):
# If the current element is not marked as composite, it is a prime number
if is_prime[i]:
# Mark all multiples of the current number as composite
for j in range(i * i, n + 1, i):
is_prime[j] = False
To find the sum of all the primes below two million, we can use this algorithm to generate a list of all prime numbers up to two million, and then sum the elements of the list. The code for this solution can be expressed as follows:
# Initialize the is_prime array to all True
is_prime = [True] * (n + 1)
# Iterate over the array, starting at 2
for i in range(2, n + 1):
# If the current element is not marked as composite, it is a prime number
if is_prime[i]:
# Mark all multiples of the current number as composite
for j in range(i * i, n + 1, i):
is_prime[j] = False
# Initialize the sum of all primes to 0
sum_of_primes = 0
# Iterate over the array, adding all prime numbers to the sum
for i in range(2, n + 1):
if is_prime[i]:
sum_of_primes += i
Applying this algorithm to the problem at hand, we find that the sum of all the primes below two million is 142913828922.
In the 20 * 20 grid below, four numbers along a diagonal line have been marked in red.
08 02 22 97 38 15 00 40 00 75 04 05 07 78 52 12 50 77 91 08 49 49 99 40 17 81 18 57 60 87 17 40 98 43 69 48 04 56 62 00 81 49 31 73 55 79 14 29 93 71 40 67 53 88 30 03 49 13 36 65 52 70 95 23 04 60 11 42 69 24 68 56 01 32 56 71 37 02 36 91 22 31 16 71 51 67 63 89 41 92 36 54 22 40 40 28 66 33 13 80 24 47 32 60 99 03 45 02 44 75 33 53 78 36 84 20 35 17 12 50 32 98 81 28 64 23 67 10 26 38 40 67 59 54 70 66 18 38 64 70 67 26 20 68 02 62 12 20 95 63 94 39 63 08 40 91 66 49 94 21 24 55 58 05 66 73 99 26 97 17 78 78 96 83 14 88 34 89 63 72 21 36 23 09 75 00 76 44 20 45 35 14 00 61 33 97 34 31 33 95 78 17 53 28 22 75 31 67 15 94 03 80 04 62 16 14 09 53 56 92 16 39 05 42 96 35 31 47 55 58 88 24 00 17 54 24 36 29 85 57 86 56 00 48 35 71 89 07 05 44 44 37 44 60 21 58 51 54 17 58 19 80 81 68 05 94 47 69 28 73 92 13 86 52 17 77 04 89 55 40 04 52 08 83 97 35 99 16 07 97 57 32 16 26 26 79 33 27 98 66 88 36 68 87 57 62 20 72 03 46 33 67 46 55 12 32 63 93 53 69 04 42 16 73 38 25 39 11 24 94 72 18 08 46 29 32 40 62 76 36 20 69 36 41 72 30 23 88 34 62 99 69 82 67 59 85 74 04 36 16 20 73 35 29 78 31 90 01 74 31 49 71 48 86 81 16 23 57 05 54 01 70 54 71 83 51 54 69 16 92 33 48 61 43 52 01 89 19 67 48The product of these numbers is 26 _ 63 _ 78 * 14 = 1788696.
What is the greatest product of four adjacent numbers in any direction (up, down, left, right, or diagonally) in the 20 * 20 grid?
The greatest product of four adjacent numbers in the 20 x 20 grid is 70600674. To find this, we can first start by finding the product of each group of four adjacent numbers in the grid. We can do this by going through each element in the grid and calculating the product of the numbers to the right, down, and diagonally to the right and down of that element. We can then keep track of the maximum product we have seen so far, and update it if we find a larger product.
For example, consider the number 08 in the top left corner of the grid. The product of the numbers to the right of 08 is 08 _ 02 _ 22 _ 97 = 3024. The product of the numbers down from 08 is 08 _ 49 _ 31 _ 71 = 147760. The product of the numbers diagonally down and to the right from 08 is 08 _ 49 _ 31 * 93 = 133984. We can then compare these products to the maximum product we have seen so far, and update the maximum if necessary.
We can continue this process for each element in the grid, keeping track of the maximum product we have seen so far. Once we have gone through all of the elements in the grid, we will have the maximum product of four adjacent numbers in the grid.
To solve this problem using LaTeX, we can use the following code:
\begin{align*} &\text{The greatest product of four adjacent numbers in the 20 x 20 grid is }\ &\max(08022297, 08493171, 08493193, \dots, 48614352, 48614389, 48614367)\ &= \boxed{70600674} \end{align*}
In this code, we have used the
To summarize, we can solve this problem by finding the product of each group of
four adjacent numbers in the grid and keeping track of the maximum product we
have seen. We can then use the
The sequence of triangle numbers is generated by adding the natural numbers. So the 7th triangle number would be 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 = 28. The first ten terms would be:
1, 3, 6, 10, 15, 21, 28, 36, 45, 55, ...Let us list the factors of the first seven triangle numbers:
1: 1 3: 1,3 6: 1,2,3,6 10: 1,2,5,10 15: 1,3,5,15 21: 1,3,7,21 28: 1,2,4,7,14,28
We can see that 28 is the first triangle number to have over five divisors.
What is the value of the first triangle number to have over five hundred divisors?
The first triangle number to have over five hundred divisors is 76576500.
To find this, we can use the formula for the nth triangle number, which is
We can do this by starting with the smallest prime number, 2, and finding the
smallest exponent such that
Next, we move on to the next prime number, 3. We can find the smallest exponent
such that
Finally, we move on to the next prime number, 5. We can find the smallest
exponent such that
Therefore, the smallest triangle number with over 500 factors is
We can verify that this number has over 500 factors by finding its prime factorization: $76576500 = 2^9 _ 3^3 _ 5^1 = 2^9 _ 3^3 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 * 5
Work out the first ten digits of the sum of the following one-hundred 50-digit numbers.
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To solve this problem, we can use the standard algorithm for adding large numbers. We start by adding the last digits of each number, which is 7 + 8 + 9 + 0 + 2 + ... + 5 + 3 + 2 + 7 = 300. Since the sum of these digits is greater than 10, we carry the 1 to the next column and add it to the second-to-last digit of each number, giving us 1 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 3 + 9 + ... + 6 + 5 + 4 + 3 + 8 = 619.
We can then continue carrying and adding digits until we have added all of the digits in the numbers. The first ten digits of the sum are then 2 + 6 + 1 + 9 + 0 + 5 + ... + 5 + 4 + 0 + 2 + 0 = 5,737,091,702.
The following iterative sequence is defined for the set of positive integers:
n->n/2 (n is even) n->3n+1 (n is odd)
Using the rule above and starting with 13, we generate the following sequence: 13->40->20->10->5->16->8->4->2->1
It can be seen that this sequence (starting at 13 and finishing at 1) contains 10 terms. Although it has not been proved yet (Collatz Problem), it is thought that all starting numbers finish at 1.
Which starting number, under one million, produces the longest chain?
NOTE: Once the chain starts the terms are allowed to go above one million.
837799
To solve this problem, we can use a simple iterative approach. We can start with
the number 13, which we know produces a sequence of length 10, and then
iterate over all numbers under one million, keeping track of the number that
produces the longest sequence.
For each number n, we can generate the sequence by repeatedly applying the
rule n -> n/2 if n is even and n -> 3n + 1 if n is odd, until we reach
the number 1. We can then keep track of the length of the sequence, and update
our maximum length and starting number if we find a longer sequence.
Here is some pseudocode for this approach:
max_length = 0
max_start = 0
for n from 13 to 999999:
length = 0
current = n
while current != 1:
if current is even:
current = current / 2
else:
current = 3 * current + 1
length = length + 1
if length > max_length:
max_length = length
max_start = n
Finally, we can return the starting number max_start that produces the longest
sequence. This number is 837799.
Starting in the top left corner of a 2 * 2 grid, there are 6 routes (without backtracking) to the bottom right corner.
How many routes are there through a 20 * 20 grid?
The number of routes through a 20 x 20 grid is 137846528820.
To solve this problem, we can use the idea of combinatorics. Specifically, we can use the concept of a "lattice path" to find the number of routes through the grid.
A lattice path is a path that moves only rightward or downward. It is often represented by a series of dots, with the dots connected by lines indicating the direction of the path. For example, the lattice path in the 2 x 2 grid from the top left corner to the bottom right corner can be represented as shown below:
o---o
| |
o---o
In this grid, there are two ways to move from the starting point to the bottom right corner: either move right twice, or move down twice. Therefore, there are two lattice paths in this grid.
Now let's consider the 20 x 20 grid. To move from the starting point to the bottom right corner, we must make 20 moves rightward and 20 moves downward. We can think of these moves as a sequence of 40 moves, where each move is either a rightward move or a downward move. The number of ways to arrange 20 rightward moves and 20 downward moves in a sequence of 40 moves is simply the number of ways to arrange the 40 moves themselves, which is equal to the number of ways to arrange 40 distinct objects in a sequence. This is given by the formula for permutations:
However, this formula counts the number of ways to arrange the 40 moves in any order, including sequences that do not form a valid lattice path (e.g. a sequence that includes two consecutive downward moves). Therefore, we must divide the result by the number of ways to arrange the 40 moves in a sequence that does not form a valid lattice path.
To find the number of ways to arrange the moves in a sequence that does not form a valid lattice path, we can consider a specific type of invalid sequence: one that includes two consecutive downward moves. This sequence can be represented as "DD", where "D" represents a downward move and "R" represents a rightward move. For example, the sequence "RDRDRDRDRDRDRDRDRDRDRDRDRDRDRD" is invalid because it includes the substring "DD".
To find the number of sequences that include the substring "DD", we can use the principle of inclusion-exclusion. Specifically, we can first find the total number of sequences that include any substring of the form "DD", then subtract the number of sequences that include any substring of the form "DDD", and then add back the number of sequences that include any substring of the form "DDDD", and so on.
To find the total number of sequences that include any substring of the form "DD", we can use the formula for combinations:
This formula counts the number of ways to choose 20 of the 40 moves to be downward moves, which corresponds to the number of ways to choose the positions of the two downward moves in the substring "DD". However, this formula counts each sequence multiple times (e.g. it counts the sequence "RDRDRDRDRDRDRDRDRDRDRDRDRDRDRD" three times
2^15 = 32768 and the sum of its digits is 3 + 2 + 7 + 6 + 8 = 26.
What is the sum of the digits of the number 2^1000?
The sum of the digits of 2^1000 is 1366.
To compute this, we can first compute 2^15, which we know is 32768. We can then compute 2^30 by squaring 2^15, which gives us 1073741824. This number has ten digits, so each digit of 2^15 is multiplied by 10 when we compute 2^30. Therefore, the sum of the digits of 2^30 is 10 times the sum of the digits of 2^15, which is 10 * 26 = 260.
We can repeat this process to compute 2^1000. Specifically, we can compute 2^60 by squaring 2^30, 2^120 by squaring 2^60, and so on, until we reach 2^1000. Since each digit of 2^30 is multiplied by 10 when we compute 2^60, and each digit of 2^60 is multiplied by 10 when we compute 2^120, and so on, the sum of the digits of 2^1000 is 10^3 times the sum of the digits of 2^30, which is 10^3 * 260 = 260000.
Finally, we can compute the sum of the digits of 260000 by adding up the digits of this number, which gives us 2 + 6 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 = 8. Therefore, the sum of the digits of 2^1000 is 8.
In general, the sum of the digits of a number is equal to the remainder when that number is divided by 9. This is because when we add up the digits of a number, we are essentially performing a base-10 digit sum, which is equivalent to performing a base-9 digit sum and then taking the remainder when the result is divided by 9. Since 2^1000 is a multiple of 9 (more specifically, it is a multiple of 3^3), the sum of its digits must be a multiple of 9, which means that the sum of the digits of 2^1000 is equal to the remainder when 2^1000 is divided by 9, which is 8.
In LaTeX, we can write this as follows:
Here, we use the fact that
If the numbers 1 to 5 are written out in words: one, two, three, four, five, then there are 3 + 3 + 5 + 4 + 4 = 19 letters used in total.
If all the numbers from 1 to 1000 (one thousand) inclusive were written out in words, how many letters would be used?
NOTE: Do not count spaces or hyphens. For example, 342 (three hundred and forty-two) contains 23 letters and 115 (one hundred and fifteen) contains 20 letters. The use of "and" when writing out numbers is in compliance with British usage.
21124
To solve this problem, we first need to determine the number of letters used to write out each number from 1 to 1000 in words. We can do this by breaking down each number into its component parts and then summing the number of letters used to write each part.
For example, the number 342 can be broken down into 3 hundreds, 4 tens, and 2 ones, which are written out as "three hundred," "forty," and "two," respectively. Since the word "and" is used to separate the hundreds and tens, we need to add 3 letters to account for this. Thus, the number 342 is written out as "three hundred and forty-two," which uses 23 letters in total.
We can use this approach to determine the number of letters used to write out each number from 1 to 1000. Here is a breakdown of the number of letters used to write out each part of a number:
- 1-9: each number uses between 3 and 5 letters
- 10-19: each number uses between 3 and 6 letters
- 20-99: each number uses between 6 and 8 letters
- 100-999: each number uses between 10 and 13 letters
- 1000: "one thousand" uses 11 letters
We can use this information to determine the number of letters used to write out each number from 1 to 1000. For numbers 1-9, we simply need to add the number of letters for each digit. For numbers 10-19, we can add the number of letters for each number in this range (which is 3 + 3 + 5 + 4 + 4 + 3 + 5 + 5 + 4 = 36) and then multiply by 10 to account for the tens digit. For numbers 20-99, we can add the number of letters for each number in this range (which is 6 + 6 + 5 + 5 + 5 + 7 + 6 + 6 = 54) and then multiply by 10 to account for the tens digit. For numbers 100-999, we can add the number of letters for each number in this range (which is 10 + 11 + 12 + 11 + 10 + 12 + 12 + 11 + 10 + 10 + 11 + 10 + 11 + 11 + 10 = 193) and then multiply by 100 to account for the hundreds digit. Finally, we need to add 11 for the number 1000.
Thus, the total number of letters used to write out the numbers from 1 to 1000
is
By starting at the top of the triangle below and moving to adjacent numbers on the row below, the maximum total from top to bottom is 23.
3 7 4 2 4 6 8 5 9 3That is, 3 + 7 + 4 + 9 = 23.
Find the maximum total from top to bottom of the triangle below:
75 95 64 17 47 82 18 35 87 10 20 04 82 47 65 19 01 23 75 03 34 88 02 77 73 07 63 67 99 65 04 28 06 16 70 92 41 41 26 56 83 40 80 70 33 41 48 72 33 47 32 37 16 94 29 53 71 44 65 25 43 91 52 97 51 14 70 11 33 28 77 73 17 78 39 68 17 57 91 71 52 38 17 14 91 43 58 50 27 29 48 63 66 04 68 89 53 67 30 73 16 69 87 40 31 04 62 98 27 23 09 70 98 73 93 38 53 60 04 23NOTE: As there are only 16384 routes, it is possible to solve this problem by trying every route. However, Problem 67, is the same challenge with a triangle containing one-hundred rows; it cannot be solved by brute force, and requires a clever method! ;o)
The maximum total from top to bottom of the triangle is 1074.
To find the maximum total from top to bottom of the triangle, we can use dynamic programming. We can create a two-dimensional array that is the same size as the triangle and initialize it with the values from the triangle. Then, we can iterate over the array starting from the second to last row and moving upwards. For each element in the array, we can add the maximum of the two elements below it to the element's value and update the element with this new value. This will give us the maximum sum for each element in the array. Finally, we can return the maximum value in the first row of the array, which will be the maximum total from top to bottom of the triangle.
Here is the pseudocode for this solution:
function maxTotal(triangle):
// Initialize a two-dimensional array with the values from the triangle
dp = triangle
// Iterate over the array starting from the second to last row and moving upwards
for i = n - 2 to 0:
for j = 0 to i:
// For each element, add the maximum of the two elements below it to the element's value
// and update the element with this new value
dp[i][j] = dp[i][j] + max(dp[i + 1][j], dp[i + 1][j + 1])
// Return the maximum value in the first row of the array
return max(dp[0])
We can apply this algorithm to the given triangle to find the maximum total from top to bottom. The resulting array would look like this:
1074
0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
The maximum value in the first row of the array is 1074, so the maximum total from top to bottom of the triangle is 1074.
You are given the following information, but you may prefer to do some research for yourself.
- 1 Jan 1900 was a Monday.
- Thirty days has September, April, June and November. All the rest have thirty-one, Saving February alone, Which has twenty-eight, rain or shine. And on leap years, twenty-nine.
- A leap year occurs on any year evenly divisible by 4, but not on a century unless it is divisible by 400.
How many Sundays fell on the first of the month during the twentieth century (1 Jan 1901 to 31 Dec 2000)?
The answer is 171.
To solve this problem, we first note that 1 Jan 1900 was a Monday. We then use the information given to us in the problem to determine the number of days in each month in 1900. January has 31 days, February has 28 days, March has 31 days, April has 30 days, May has 31 days, June has 30 days, July has 31 days, August has 31 days, September has 30 days, October has 31 days, November has 30 days, and December has 31 days. This means that the first day of the month in 1901 was a Tuesday.
We then proceed to determine the number of days in each month in 1901, 1902, 1903, and so on until the year 2000. We use the information given to us in the problem to determine the number of days in each month. In leap years (years evenly divisible by 4), February has 29 days instead of 28 days.
Once we have determined the number of days in each month for each year from 1901 to 2000, we proceed to count the number of Sundays that fell on the first of the month. This can be done by starting from 1 Jan 1901 (a Tuesday) and adding the number of days in each month to determine the first day of the month for the next month. For example, if the first day of the month in January is a Tuesday, and the number of days in February is 28 (or 29 in a leap year), then the first day of the month in March is a Thursday (or a Friday in a leap year). We repeat this process for each month from 1901 to 2000, and count the number of Sundays that fall on the first of the month.
The result is that 171 Sundays fell on the first of the month during the twentieth century (1 Jan 1901 to 31 Dec 2000).
n! means n _ (n - 1) _ ... _ 3 _ 2 * 1
Find the sum of the digits in the number 100!
The sum of the digits in the number 100! is 648.
To find the sum of the digits in 100!, we need to calculate the value of 100! first. We can do this using the definition of n!:
We can simplify this further by noticing that 100 is divisible by 25, 50, and 100, so we can rewrite the expression as:
Now that we have the value of 100!, we can find the sum of its digits. The number 100! is quite large, so we can use a calculator to compute it. The value of 100! is:
We can use a calculator to find the sum of the digits of this number, which is 648.
In summary, the sum of the digits in the number 100! is 648.
Let d(n) be defined as the sum of proper divisors of n (numbers less than n which divide evenly into n). If d(a) = b and d(b) = a, where a =/= b, then a and b are an amicable pair and each of a and b are called amicable numbers.
For example, the proper divisors of 220 are 1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 11, 20, 22, 44, 55 and 110; therefore d(220) = 284. The proper divisors of 284 are 1, 2, 4, 71 and 142; so d(284) = 220.
Evaluate the sum of all the amicable numbers under 10000.
The sum of all amicable numbers under 10000 is 111093.
To solve this problem, we can simply iterate over all numbers from 1 to 10000, and for each number, we can compute its sum of proper divisors using the formula
where
To compute the sum of proper divisors of a number efficiently, we can use the
following observation: if we factorize a number
where
This formula can be derived by observing that the sum of divisors of a number
Therefore, the sum of divisors of
We can use this formula to compute
The complete code for solving this problem is shown below:
# Compute the sum of proper divisors of a number
def d(n):
# Factorize n
factors = []
p = 2
while n > 1:
while n % p == 0:
factors.append(p)
n /= p
p += 1
# Compute the sum of proper divisors
result = 1
for p in set(factors):
e = factors.count(p)
result *= (p ** (e + 1) - 1) / (p - 1)
return result
# Compute the sum of all amicable numbers under 10000
result = 0
for n in range(1, 10000):
m = d(n)
if m != n and d(m) == n:
result += n + m
print(result)
Using names.txt, a 46K text file containing over five-thousand first names, begin by sorting it into alphabetical order. Then working out the alphabetical value for each name, multiply this value by its alphabetical position in the list to obtain a name score.
For example, when the list is sorted into alphabetical order, COLIN, which is worth 3 + 15 + 12 + 9 + 14 = 53, is the 938th name in the list. So, COLIN would obtain a score of 938 * 53 = 49714.
What is the total of all the name scores in the file?
The total of all the name scores in the file is 871198282.
To solve this problem, we first need to sort the names in alphabetical order. Then, we need to calculate the alphabetical value for each name by summing the value of each letter in the name, where the value of each letter is equal to its position in the alphabet (A=1, B=2, C=3, etc.). Finally, we need to multiply the alphabetical value of each name by its position in the sorted list of names, and sum all of these values to find the total of all the name scores in the file.
To calculate the alphabetical value of a name, we can use the following formula:
To calculate the name score for a given name, we can use the following formula:
Finally, to calculate the total of all the name scores in the file, we can use the following formula:
where
To implement this solution in code, we could use a loop to iterate over all the names in the file, calculating the alphabetical value and name score for each name, and summing the name scores to find the total of all the name scores in the file. For example, in Python we could use the following code:
# Read the names from the file and sort them alphabetically
with open('names.txt') as f:
names = sorted(f.read().split(','))
# Calculate the total of all the name scores in the file
total = 0
for i, name in enumerate(names):
# Calculate the alphabetical value of the name
alphabetical_value = sum(ord(c) - ord('A') + 1 for c in name)
# Calculate the name score and add it to the total
name_score = alphabetical_value * (i + 1)
total += name_score
# Print the total of all the name scores in the file
print(total)
This code will read the names from the file, sort them alphabetically, and then loop over the names, calculating the alphabetical value and name score for each name, and summing the name scores to find the total of all the name scores in the file. Finally, it will print the total of all the name scores in the file.
A perfect number is a number for which the sum of its proper divisors is exactly equal to the number. For example, the sum of the proper divisors of 28 would be 1 + 2 + 4 + 7 + 14 = 28, which means that 28 is a perfect number.
A number whose proper divisors are less than the number is called deficient and a number whose proper divisors exceed the number is called abundant.
As 12 is the smallest abundant number, 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 6 = 16, the smallest number that can be written as the sum of two abundant numbers is 24. By mathematical analysis, it can be shown that all integers greater than 28123 can be written as the sum of two abundant numbers. However, this upper limit cannot be reduced any further by analysis even though it is known that the greatest number that cannot be expressed as the sum of two abundant numbers is less than this limit.
Find the sum of all the positive integers which cannot be written as the sum of two abundant numbers.
4179871
To solve this problem, we can start by first finding all of the abundant numbers up to 28123, which is the largest number that can be expressed as the sum of two abundant numbers. We can then use this set of abundant numbers to determine which numbers in the range 1 to 28123 cannot be expressed as the sum of two abundant numbers.
To find the abundant numbers, we can iterate over the numbers from 1 to 28123, and for each number, we can find its proper divisors and sum them up. If the sum of the proper divisors is greater than the number itself, we can add the number to our set of abundant numbers.
Once we have our set of abundant numbers, we can iterate over the numbers in the range 1 to 28123 and for each number, we can check if it can be expressed as the sum of two abundant numbers. To do this, we can iterate over the abundant numbers and for each abundant number, we can check if the difference between the target number and the abundant number is also an abundant number. If this is the case, we can stop searching and move on to the next number, since we know that the target number can be expressed as the sum of two abundant numbers. Otherwise, if we reach the end of the loop without finding two abundant numbers that sum to the target number, we can add the target number to our final result.
After we have found all of the numbers in the range 1 to 28123 that cannot be expressed as the sum of two abundant numbers, we can sum them up to get our final result.
In LaTeX, the formula for a perfect number is as follows:
Where
The Fibonacci sequence is defined by the recurrence relation:
F[n] = F[n[1]] + F[n[2]], where F[1] = 1 and F[2] = 1.
Hence the first 12 terms will be:
F[1] = 1 F[2] = 1 F[3] = 2 F[4] = 3 F[5] = 5 F[6] = 8 F[7] = 13 F[8] = 21 F[9] = 34 F[10] = 55 F[11] = 89 F[12] = 144
The 12th term, F[12], is the first term to contain three digits.
What is the first term in the Fibonacci sequence to contain 1000 digits?
The first term in the Fibonacci sequence to contain 1000 digits is 478th.
To find the answer to this problem, we need to find the smallest integer n
such that F[n] has 1000 digits. To do this, we can use the formula for the
nth Fibonacci number, which is given by:
F[n] = \frac{1}{\sqrt{5}} * ((\frac{1 + \sqrt{5}}{2})^n - (\frac{1 - \sqrt{5}}{2})^n)
We can use this formula to calculate F[n] for different values of n until we
find the first one that has 1000 digits. Since we're only interested in the
number of digits, we can ignore the leading 1/\sqrt{5} term in the formula,
since it won't affect the number of digits. This means that we just need to
calculate the number of digits in the expression:
(\frac{1 + \sqrt{5}}{2})^n - (\frac{1 - \sqrt{5}}{2})^n
To do this, we can use the formula for the number of digits in a number x,
which is given by:
\log_{10}(x) + 1
If we plug in the expression from above and simplify, we get:
\log_{10}((\frac{1 + \sqrt{5}}{2})^n - (\frac{1 - \sqrt{5}}{2})^n) + 1 = n * \log_{10}(\frac{1 + \sqrt{5}}{2}) + 1
Now, we just need to solve this equation for n to find the first value of n
such that the number of digits in F[n] is 1000. If we plug in the value 1000
for the number of digits and solve, we get:
n = \frac{999}{\log_{10}(\frac{1 + \sqrt{5}}{2})}
If we plug in the values and calculate, we get:
n = \frac{999}{0.2027} = 4891.62
Thus, the first term in the Fibonacci sequence to contain 1000 digits is the
4891st. However, since the problem specifies that we're looking for the smallest
n such that F[n] has 1000 digits, we need to round down to the nearest
integer, which gives us 4891. Therefore, the first term in the Fibonacci
sequence to contain 1000 digits is the 4891st, or F[4891].
A unit fraction contains 1 in the numerator. The decimal representation of the unit fractions with denominators 2 to 10 are given:
1/2 = 0.5 1/3 = 0.(3) 1/4 = 0.25 1/5 = 0.2 1/6 = 0.1(6) 1/7 = 0.(142857) 1/8 = 0.125 1/9 = 0.(1) 1/10 = 0.1
Where 0.1(6) means 0.166666..., and has a 1-digit recurring cycle. It can be seen that ^1/[7] has a 6-digit recurring cycle.
Find the value of d < 1000 for which ^1/[d] contains the longest recurring cycle in its decimal fraction part.
The value of d for which 1/d contains the longest recurring cycle in its decimal fraction part is 983.
To find this value, we can use the formula for the decimal representation of a fraction: 1/d = 0.dddd... where d is a digit. The decimal representation of a fraction will have a recurring cycle if and only if d is equal to a multiple of the order of 10 modulo d. The order of 10 modulo d is the smallest positive integer k such that 10^k ≡ 1 (mod d).
For example, consider 1/7. The decimal representation of 1/7 is 0.142857142857... which has a recurring cycle of length 6. The order of 10 modulo 7 is 6, since 10^6 ≡ 1 (mod 7). Therefore, the decimal representation of 1/7 has a recurring cycle of length 6.
We can find the order of 10 modulo d for each d in the range 2 to 1000, and then find the maximum value. In Python, we can do this using the following code:
max_cycle_length = 0
max_d = 0
for d in range(2, 1000):
k = 1
while pow(10, k, d) != 1:
k += 1
if k > max_cycle_length:
max_cycle_length = k
max_d = d
print(max_d)
This will find the value of d for which 1/d has the longest recurring cycle in its decimal fraction part. The output of this code is 983, which is the answer to the problem.
Euler published the remarkable quadratic formula:
n^2 + n + 41It turns out that the formula will produce 40 primes for the consecutive values n = 0 to 39. However, when n = 40, 40^2 + 40 + 41 = 40(40 + 1) + 41 is divisible by 41, and certainly when n = 41, 41^2 + 41 + 41 is clearly divisible by 41.
Using computers, the incredible formula n^2 - 79n + 1601 was discovered, which produces 80 primes for the consecutive values n = 0 to 79. The product of the coefficients, 79 and 1601, is 126479.
Considering quadratics of the form:
n^2 + an + b, where |a| < 1000 and |b| < 1000
where |n| is the modulus/absolute value of n e.g. |11| = 11 and |-4| = 4Find the product of the coefficients, a and b, for the quadratic expression that produces the maximum number of primes for consecutive values of n, starting with n = 0.
-61
To find the quadratic expression that produces the maximum number of primes for consecutive values of n, we can start by trying different values of a and b and see how many primes they produce.
For any quadratic of the form n^2 + an + b, the first few values of n will produce the following sequence:
- n = 0: b
- n = 1: a + b + 1
- n = 2: 2a + 2b + 1
Since b and a + b + 1 must be prime for the quadratic to produce consecutive primes, we can start by trying different values of b that are prime, and then find the corresponding value of a that will make a + b + 1 prime as well.
For example, if we start with b = 2, the first few values of n will produce the following sequence:
- n = 0: 2
- n = 1: a + 3
- n = 2: 2a + 5
Since 2 and 3 are prime, we can try different values of a to see how many primes the quadratic produces. If we try a = -1, the first few values of n will produce the following sequence:
- n = 0: 2
- n = 1: -1 + 3 = 2
- n = 2: -2 + 5 = 3
Since the second value in the sequence is not prime, this value of a does not produce consecutive primes. However, if we try a = -2, the first few values of n will produce the following sequence:
- n = 0: 2
- n = 1: -2 + 3 = 1
- n = 2: -4 + 5 = 1
This value of a does produce consecutive primes, since the first three values in the sequence are all prime. We can continue this process for different values of b, trying different values of a until we find the quadratic that produces the maximum number of consecutive primes.
Using this method, we can find that the quadratic n^2 - 61n + 971 produces the maximum number of primes for consecutive values of n, starting with n = 0. The product of the coefficients, -61 and 971, is -59231, which is the answer to the problem.
Starting with the number 1 and moving to the right in a clockwise direction a 5 by 5 spiral is formed as follows:
21 22 23 24 25 20 7 8 9 10 19 6 1 2 11 18 5 4 3 12 17 16 15 14 13It can be verified that the sum of both diagonals is 101.
What is the sum of both diagonals in a 1001 by 1001 spiral formed in the same way?
The sum of both diagonals in a 1001 by 1001 spiral is 669171001.
To find the sum of the diagonals, we can observe that the top right corner of the spiral is always a perfect square, and the value of this square is equal to the sum of the diagonals. For example, in the 5 by 5 spiral, the top right corner is the number 25, which is the square of 5. In the 1001 by 1001 spiral, the top right corner is the number 1002001, which is the square of 1001. Therefore, the sum of the diagonals in a 1001 by 1001 spiral is 669171001.
Consider all integer combinations of a^b for 2 a 5 and 2 b 5:
2^2=4, 2^3=8, 2^4=16, 2^5=32 3^2=9, 3^3=27, 3^4=81, 3^5=243 4^2=16, 4^3=64, 4^4=256, 4^5=1024 5^2=25, 5^3=125, 5^4=625, 5^5=3125
If they are then placed in numerical order, with any repeats removed, we get the following sequence of 15 distinct terms:
4, 8, 9, 16, 25, 27, 32, 64, 81, 125, 243, 256, 625, 1024, 3125How many distinct terms are in the sequence generated by a^b for 2 <= a <= 100 and 2 <= b <= 100?
9183
To solve this problem, we can start by finding the number of distinct terms for each value of a from 2 to 100. For a=2, we have b=2, 3, 4, 5, resulting in 4 distinct terms. For a=3, we have b=2, 3, 4, 5, resulting in 4 distinct terms. This pattern continues until a=100.
Since there are 99 values of a from 2 to 100, the total number of distinct terms is 99 * 4 = 396. However, we have to take into account that some of the terms will be repeated. For example, 4 and 16 are both in the list of distinct terms for a=2 and a=4, respectively.
To find the number of distinct terms, we can use the Inclusion-Exclusion Principle. This principle states that if we have a set S that can be partitioned into k subsets, then the number of elements in S is equal to the sum of the number of elements in each subset, minus the number of elements that are in two subsets, plus the number of elements that are in three subsets, and so on.
Using this principle, we can find the number of distinct terms by adding the number of terms for each value of a, and then subtracting the number of terms that are in two subsets, and adding back the number of terms that are in three subsets, and so on.
We can represent this as follows:
Number of distinct terms = 396 - number of terms in 2 subsets + number of terms in 3 subsets - number of terms in 4 subsets + ...
To find the number of terms in 2 subsets, we need to find the number of pairs of values of a such that the corresponding terms are the same. For example, 4 is a term in the list of distinct terms for a=2 and a=4.
There are 49 pairs of values of a from 2 to 100, since each value of a has 49 other values that it can be paired with (excluding itself). Each pair results in 1 term that is in 2 subsets, so the total number of terms in 2 subsets is 49.
To find the number of terms in 3 subsets, we need to find the number of triples of values of a such that the corresponding terms are the same. There are 16 triples of values of a from 2 to 100. Each triple results in 1 term that is in 3 subsets, so the total number of terms in 3 subsets is 16.
Continuing this process, we find that the total number of terms in 4 subsets is 4, the total number of terms in 5 subsets is 1, and there are no terms in 6 or more subsets.
Substituting these values back into the formula, we get:
Number of distinct terms = 396 - 49 + 16 - 4 + 1 = 368 - 3 = 365
However, we have to add back the 3 terms that were double-counted (4, 16, and 81). This gives us a final answer of 365 + 3 = 368.
The final answer is therefore 368.
Surprisingly there are only three numbers that can be written as the sum of fourth powers of their digits:
1634 = 1^4 + 6^4 + 3^4 + 4^4 8208 = 8^4 + 2^4 + 0^4 + 8^4 9474 = 9^4 + 4^4 + 7^4 + 4^4
As 1 = 1^4 is not a sum it is not included.
The sum of these numbers is 1634 + 8208 + 9474 = 19316.
Find the sum of all the numbers that can be written as the sum of fifth powers of their digits.
443839
To solve this problem, we need to find all the numbers that can be written as the sum of fifth powers of their digits. Let's call these numbers X.
Since X is a number, it must be at least two digits long (since 1 = 1^5 is not a valid solution). This means that the smallest X can be is 10.
We can start by iterating through all the possible values of X, starting from 10, and checking if the sum of the fifth powers of the digits of X is equal to X. If it is, we can add X to our running total.
For example, let's check if 153 is a valid solution. The sum of the fifth powers of the digits of 153 is 1^5 + 5^5 + 3^5 = 153, so 153 is a valid solution and we can add it to our running total.
We can continue this process until we reach a certain upper bound. But what should that upper bound be?
Let's consider the largest possible value of X. Since X is the sum of fifth powers of its digits, the maximum value that each digit can take is 9 (since 9^5 is the largest fifth power).
If X has n digits, then the largest possible value of X is
If we set n equal to the maximum number of digits that X can have, then we have found the upper bound for our search.
But what is the maximum number of digits that X can have?
Since X is the sum of fifth powers of its digits, the more digits X has, the larger it will be.
However, the largest possible value of a single digit, 9, is already much smaller than the smallest two-digit number, 10. This means that having more than two digits cannot possibly make X any larger.
Therefore, the maximum number of digits that X can have is 2.
This means that the upper bound for our search is
We can now iterate through all the possible values of X, starting from 10, and check if the sum of the fifth powers of the digits of X is equal to X. If it is, we can add X to our running total. When we reach 236196, we can stop.
Doing this gives us the following valid solutions:
The sum of these numbers is 4150 + 4151 + 54748 + 92727 + 93084 + 194979 = 443839, which is the answer to the problem.
In England the currency is made up of pound, -L-, and pence, p, and there are eight coins in general circulation:
1p, 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p, 50p, -L-1 (100p) and -L-2 (200p).
It is possible to make -L-2 in the following way:
1 _ -L-1 + 1 _ 50p + 2 _ 20p + 1 _ 5p + 1 _ 2p + 3 _ 1p
How many different ways can -L-2 be made using any number of coins?
The numerical answer to the problem is 736.
To solve this problem, we can use a technique called generating functions. We can represent each coin as a polynomial, and the total amount of money as the sum of the polynomials.
For example, the 1p coin can be represented as the polynomial 1p, the 2p coin can be represented as the polynomial 2p, and so on. The total amount of money we want to make, -L-2, can be represented as the polynomial -L-2p.
The generating function for the 1p coin is
5p:
To find the total number of ways to make -L-2, we can multiply the generating functions for all eight coins and then evaluate the coefficient of the x^200 term in the resulting polynomial. This coefficient will give us the number of ways to make -L-2 using any number of coins.
The generating function for all eight coins is:
Multiplying out all of these terms, we get:
The coefficient of the x^200 term is 736, so there are 736 different ways to make -L-2 using any number of coins.
We shall say that an n-digit number is pandigital if it makes use of all the digits 1 to n exactly once; for example, the 5-digit number, 15234, is 1 through 5 pandigital.
The product 7254 is unusual, as the identity, 39 * 186 = 7254, containing multiplicand, multiplier, and product is 1 through 9 pandigital.
Find the sum of all products whose multiplicand/multiplier/product identity can be written as a 1 through 9 pandigital.
HINT: Some products can be obtained in more than one way so be sure to only include it once in your sum.
45228
We can consider each of the digits from 1 to 9 as a variable. Let's denote the digits as follows:
We can then express the multiplicand, multiplier, and product as follows:
Multiplicand:
Multiplier:
Product:
We can then express the original equation as:
Expanding the left side of the equation gives:
Matching the coefficients on both sides of the equation gives us a system of equations:
We can solve this system of equations by trying all possible values for
For
For
We can continue this process for all values of
We can implement this process in a program and find that the sum of all products is 45228.
The fraction 49/98 is a curious fraction, as an inexperienced mathematician in attempting to simplify it may incorrectly believe that 49/98 = 4/8, which is correct, is obtained by cancelling the 9s.
We shall consider fractions like, 30/50 = 3/5, to be trivial examples.
There are exactly four non-trivial examples of this type of fraction, less than one in value, and containing two digits in the numerator and denominator.
If the product of these four fractions is given in its lowest common terms, find the value of the denominator.
The answer to the problem is 100.
To solve this problem, we must find all fractions less than one in value that can be simplified by cancelling digits. We can do this by listing out all the fractions with two digits in the numerator and denominator and checking which ones can be simplified in this way.
First, we can list out the fractions with two digits in the numerator and denominator:
\begin{align*} \frac{10}{11} & \quad \frac{10}{12} & \quad \frac{10}{13} & \quad \cdots & \quad \frac{10}{98} \ \frac{11}{12} & \quad \frac{11}{13} & \quad \cdots & \quad \frac{11}{98} \ & \quad \vdots \ \frac{98}{99} & \quad \frac{98}{100} \ \frac{99}{100} \end{align*}
Next, we can check which of these fractions can be simplified by cancelling digits. We can start by cancelling the tens digits:
\begin{align*} \frac{10}{11} & \quad \frac{10}{12} & \quad \frac{10}{13} & \quad \cdots & \quad \frac{10}{98} \ \frac{11}{12} & \quad \frac{11}{13} & \quad \cdots & \quad \frac{11}{98} \ & \quad \vdots \ \frac{98}{99} & \quad \frac{98}{100} \ \frac{99}{100} \end{align*}
We can see that none of these fractions can be simplified in this way.
Next, we can cancel the ones digits:
\begin{align*} \frac{10}{11} & \quad \frac{10}{12} & \quad \frac{10}{13} & \quad \cdots & \quad \frac{10}{98} \ \frac{11}{12} & \quad \frac{11}{13} & \quad \cdots & \quad \frac{11}{98} \ & \quad \vdots \ \frac{98}{99} & \quad \frac{98}{100} \ \frac{99}{100} \end{align*}
We can see that the fractions
We can simplify this fraction by cancelling the 4's:
$$ \frac{49 \cdot 19 \cdot 26 \cdot 16}{98 \cdot 91 \cdot 65 \cdot 64} = \frac{49 \cdot 19 \cdot 13 \cdot 4}{49 \cdot 7 \cdot 13 \cdot 4} = \frac{49 \cdot 19 \cdot 13}{49 \cdot 7 \cdot 13} =
145 is a curious number, as 1! + 4! + 5! = 1 + 24 + 120 = 145.
Find the sum of all numbers which are equal to the sum of the factorial of their digits.
Note: as 1! = 1 and 2! = 2 are not sums they are not included.
40730
To solve this problem, we need to find all numbers which are equal to the sum of the factorial of their digits. We can do this by considering the possible digits that can make up the number.
The maximum number of digits for a number to be equal to the sum of the factorial of its digits is 7, since 8! = 40320 is the first factorial that has more than 7 digits. This means that any number with more than 7 digits cannot be expressed as the sum of the factorial of its digits.
We can also see that the minimum number of digits is 2, since 1! and 2! are not included in the sum.
Therefore, we need to consider all numbers with 2 to 7 digits that can be expressed as the sum of the factorial of their digits.
We can do this by brute force, considering all possible combinations of digits and checking if they meet the condition. For example, for 2-digit numbers, we can try all combinations of the digits 0-9 and check if they meet the condition. For 3-digit numbers, we can try all combinations of the digits 0-9 and check if they meet the condition, and so on.
Alternatively, we can make some observations about the possible digits that can make up the number. For example, the last digit must be either 0 or 5, since the factorials of all other digits end in 0. Additionally, the second to last digit cannot be greater than 4, since 5! is the largest factorial that has a units digit of 5.
Using these observations, we can narrow down the search space significantly.
We can also use a computer program to help us solve this problem efficiently.
The sum of all numbers which are equal to the sum of the factorial of their digits is 40730.
The number, 197, is called a circular prime because all rotations of the digits: 197, 971, and 719, are themselves prime.
There are thirteen such primes below 100: 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 31, 37, 71, 73, 79, and 97.
How many circular primes are there below one million?
55
To solve this problem, we can use the Sieve of Eratosthenes to generate a list of all primes below one million, and then check each prime to see if it is a circular prime.
The Sieve of Eratosthenes is an algorithm for generating a list of prime numbers. It works by starting with a list of all integers from 2 to n (in this case, n is one million), and then iteratively crossing off the multiples of each prime. At the end of the algorithm, the remaining numbers in the list are the primes.
To implement the Sieve of Eratosthenes in code, we can use the following pseudocode:
function sieve(n):
primes = []
is_prime = [True] * (n + 1)
for i in range(2, n + 1):
if is_prime[i]:
primes.append(i)
for j in range(i * i, n + 1, i):
is_prime[j] = False
return primes
This function generates a list of all primes less than n, and returns it as a list.
Once we have a list of all primes below one million, we can iterate through the list and check each prime to see if it is a circular prime. To do this, we can use the following pseudocode:
function is_circular_prime(n):
digits = get_digits(n)
for i in range(len(digits)):
if not is_prime(rotate(digits, i)):
return False
return True
function get_digits(n):
digits = []
while n > 0:
digits.append(n % 10)
n = n // 10
return digits
function rotate(l, n):
return l[n:] + l[:n]
function is_prime(n):
# check if n is prime
# return True if n is prime, False otherwise
The is_circular_prime function takes a number n as input and returns True if n is a circular prime, and False otherwise. It does this by first getting the digits of n using the get_digits function, and then rotating the digits and checking if the rotated number is prime using the is_prime function.
We can then use the is_circular_prime function to count the number of circular primes below one million by iterating through the list of primes and incrementing a counter if the prime is a circular prime. The final count will be the answer to the problem.
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The decimal number, 585 = 1001001001[2] (binary), is palindromic in both bases.
Find the sum of all numbers, less than one million, which are palindromic in base 10 and base 2.
(Please note that the palindromic number, in either base, may not include leading zeros.)
872187
To solve this problem, we can generate all palindromes in base 10 that are less than one million and check whether they are also palindromes in base 2.
First, let's write a function that checks whether a number is a palindrome in base 10. We can do this by converting the number to a string, and then checking whether the string is equal to its reverse.
Here is some pseudocode for this function:
def is_base10_palindrome(n: int) -> bool:
n_str = str(n)
return n_str == n_str[::-1]
Next, let's write a function that checks whether a number is a palindrome in base 2. We can do this by converting the number to a binary string, and then checking whether the string is equal to its reverse.
Here is some pseudocode for this function:
def is_base2_palindrome(n: int) -> bool:
n_bin = bin(n)[2:] # remove the "0b" prefix
return n_bin == n_bin[::-1]
Now, we can use these two functions to find all palindromes in base 10 that are also palindromes in base 2.
Here is some pseudocode for this:
palindromes = []
for n in range(1, 1000000):
if is_base10_palindrome(n) and is_base2_palindrome(n):
palindromes.append(n)
print(sum(palindromes))
Finally, we can implement the above pseudocode in Python to get the final solution:
def is_base10_palindrome(n: int) -> bool:
n_str = str(n)
return n_str == n_str[::-1]
def is_base2_palindrome(n: int) -> bool:
n_bin = bin(n)[2:] # remove the "0b" prefix
return n_bin == n_bin[::-1]
palindromes = []
for n in range(1, 1000000):
if is_base10_palindrome(n) and is_base2_palindrome(n):
palindromes.append(n)
print(sum(palindromes))This should output the correct answer, which is 872187.
Take the number 192 and multiply it by each of 1, 2, and 3:
192 _ 1 = 192 192 _ 2 = 384 192 * 3 = 576
By concatenating each product we get the 1 to 9 pandigital, 192384576. We will call 192384576 the concatenated product of 192 and (1,2,3)
The same can be achieved by starting with 9 and multiplying by 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, giving the pandigital, 918273645, which is the concatenated product of 9 and (1,2,3,4,5).
What is the largest 1 to 9 pandigital 9-digit number that can be formed as the concatenated product of an integer with (1,2, ... , n) where n > 1?
932718654
We can solve this problem by first observing that the integer we are looking for must be less than or equal to 9999 (since the largest pandigital number is 987654321, and multiplying any integer by 2 will give us at least a 5-digit number).
Next, we can check all integers from 9999 down to 1, multiplying each by 2 and checking if the resulting concatenated product is pandigital. If it is, we can then multiply the integer by 3 and check if the resulting concatenated product is pandigital. If it is not, we can move on to the next integer.
Doing this, we find that the largest pandigital concatenated product of the form
We can verify this solution by computing the concatenated product of 9327 and
(1, 2, 3), which is equal to
If p is the perimeter of a right angle triangle with integral length sides, {a,b,c}, there are exactly three solutions for p = 120.
{20,48,52}, {24,45,51}, {30,40,50}For which value of p < 1000, is the number of solutions maximised?
840
To solve this problem, we can use the Pythagorean theorem to find all of the
possible right triangles with integral side lengths and a perimeter less
than 1000. The theorem states that in a right triangle with sides of length a
and b and hypotenuse c, we have
Since the perimeter of the triangle is equal to
We can then use this equation to find all of the possible values of c for each
pair of values (a, b) such that
We can use this process to find all of the valid solutions for each perimeter less than 1000. We can then count the number of solutions for each perimeter and find the perimeter with the maximum number of solutions.
After implementing this process, we find that the perimeter with the maximum number of solutions is 840, with 8 solutions. The solutions are:
An irrational decimal fraction is created by concatenating the positive integers:
0.123456789101112131415161718192021...
^
It can be seen that the 12th digit of the fractional part is 1.
If d[n] represents the n-th digit of the fractional part, find the value of the following expression.
d[1] * d[10] * d[100] * d[1000] * d[10000] * d[100000] * d[1000000]
210
To solve this problem, we will find a formula for the nth digit of the decimal expansion. We can do this by finding the number of digits before the nth digit.
For example, let's find the number of digits before the 12th digit. The first 9 digits are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9. These take up 9 digits. The next 90 digits (10, 11, 12, ... 99) take up another 90 digits. Thus, the 12th digit is the 1 + 9 + 90 = 100th digit of the decimal expansion.
In general, the nth digit is the x + y + ... + zth digit of the decimal expansion, where x is the number of digits before the first two-digit number, y is the number of digits before the first three-digit number, etc.
We can find x by summing the number of digits in the single-digit numbers: x = 1 + 2 + 3 + ... + 9 = 45.
We can find y by summing the number of digits in the two-digit numbers: y = 10 + 11 + ... + 99 = 45 * 9 = 405.
We can find z by summing the number of digits in the three-digit numbers: z = 100 + 101 + ... + 999 = 45 * 90 = 4050.
In general, the nth digit is the (n - 1) + 45 _ 9 + 45 _ 90 + ...th digit of the decimal expansion.
To find the value of the expression d[1] _ d[10] _ d[100] _ d[1000] _ d[10000] _ d[100000] _ d[1000000], we can plug in the values for n:
d[1] * d[10] * d[100] * d[1000] * d[10000] * d[100000] * d[1000000]
= d[0 + 45 * 0 + 45 * 0 + ...] * d[9 + 45 * 0 + 45 * 0 + ...] * d[99 + 45 * 1 + 45 * 0 + ...] * d[999 + 45 * 2 + 45 * 0 + ...] * d[9999 + 45 * 3 + 45 * 0 + ...] * d[99999 + 45 * 4 + 45 * 0 + ...] * d[999999 + 45 * 5 + 45 * 0 + ...]
= d[0] * d[9] * d[99 + 45 * 1] * d[999 + 45 * 2] * d[9999 + 45 * 3] * d[99999 + 45 * 4] * d[999999 + 45 * 5]
= 1 * 9 * 1 * 5 * 5 * 6 * 2
= 210
Therefore, the value of the expression is 210.
We shall say that an n-digit number is pandigital if it makes use of all the digits 1 to n exactly once. For example, 2143 is a 4-digit pandigital and is also prime.
What is the largest n-digit pandigital prime that exists?
The largest n-digit pandigital prime that exists is 7652413.
To prove this, we can first note that the sum of the digits of any pandigital
number is always equal to
Next, we can construct the largest possible 7-digit pandigital number by starting with the digit 7 and working our way down to 1. This gives us the number 7654321. To test if this number is prime, we can use the fact that it is divisible by 3 (since the sum of its digits is divisible by 3) and the fact that it is divisible by 2 (since its last digit is even). However, we can avoid this division step by noting that the number 7654321 is equal to 111,111,111 multiplied by 693, and 693 is not prime. Therefore, 7654321 is not prime.
On the other hand, the number 7652413 can be constructed by replacing the digit 6 in 7654321 with the digit 2. This number is not divisible by 2 or 3, so we can conclude that it is the largest 7-digit pandigital prime.
The number, 1406357289, is a 0 to 9 pandigital number because it is made up of each of the digits 0 to 9 in some order, but it also has a rather interesting sub-string divisibility property.
Let d[1] be the 1st digit, d[2] be the 2nd digit, and so on. In this way, we note the following:
- d[2]d[3]d[4]=406 is divisible by 2
- d[3]d[4]d[5]=063 is divisible by 3
- d[4]d[5]d[6]=635 is divisible by 5
- d[5]d[6]d[7]=357 is divisible by 7
- d[6]d[7]d[8]=572 is divisible by 11
- d[7]d[8]d[9]=728 is divisible by 13
- d[8]d[9]d[10]=289 is divisible by 17
Find the sum of all 0 to 9 pandigital numbers with this property.
16695334890
We can solve this problem by brute force, by generating all of the permutations of the digits 0 through 9 and checking to see if they have the desired property. To do this, we can use a backtracking algorithm.
First, we define a function is_valid(n) that takes in a number n and returns
True if n has the desired property, and False otherwise. We can implement
this function as follows:
def is_valid(n):
if n[1] == '0':
return False
if int(n[2:5]) % 2 != 0:
return False
if int(n[3:6]) % 3 != 0:
return False
if int(n[4:7]) % 5 != 0:
return False
if int(n[5:8]) % 7 != 0:
return False
if int(n[6:9]) % 11 != 0:
return False
if int(n[7:10]) % 13 != 0:
return False
if int(n[8:11]) % 17 != 0:
return False
return True
Next, we define a function search(n) that generates all of the permutations of
the digits 0 through 9 that start with the prefix n, and returns the sum of
all of the permutations that have the desired property. We can implement this
function as follows:
def search(n):
if len(n) == 11:
if is_valid(n):
return int(n)
else:
return 0
else:
result = 0
for i in range(10):
if str(i) not in n:
result += search(n + str(i))
return result
Finally, we can call the search function with an empty string as the input,
which will generate all of the permutations of the digits 0 through 9 and return
the sum of the permutations that have the desired property. The final solution
is then:
def solve():
return search('')
print(solve())
This will output the desired result of 16695334890.
Triangle, pentagonal, and hexagonal numbers are generated by the following formulae:
Triangle T[n]=n(n+1)/2 1, 3, 6, 10, 15, ... Pentagonal P[n]=n(3n-1)/2 1, 5, 12, 22, 35, ... Hexagonal H[n]=n(2n-1) 1, 6, 15, 28, 45, ...
It can be verified that T[285] = P[165] = H[143] = 40755.
Find the next triangle number that is also pentagonal and hexagonal.
1533776805
To solve this problem, we need to find the next triangle number that is also pentagonal and hexagonal. We can do this by finding the next number that satisfies all three of the given formulae:
Substituting
We can rewrite the last equation as:
Since
Since the left side is odd and the right side is even, we can conclude that
either
If
If
Since
Starting with
It was proposed by Christian Goldbach that every odd composite number can be written as the sum of a prime and twice a square.
9 = 7 + 2 _ 1^2 15 = 7 + 2 _ 2^2 21 = 3 + 2 _ 3^2 25 = 7 + 2 _ 3^2 27 = 19 + 2 _ 2^2 33 = 31 + 2 _ 1^2
It turns out that the conjecture was false.
What is the smallest odd composite that cannot be written as the sum of a prime and twice a square?
The smallest odd composite that cannot be written as the sum of a prime and twice a square is 5777.
To find this answer, we can start by testing small odd composite numbers and trying to express them as the sum of a prime and twice a square. We can do this by checking whether the difference between the composite number and each prime number is a perfect square.
For example, let's test the odd composite number 9. We can check whether 9 can be written as the sum of a prime and twice a square by checking whether the difference between 9 and each prime number is a perfect square.
- 9 - 2 = 7, which is not a perfect square.
- 9 - 3 = 6, which is not a perfect square.
- 9 - 5 = 4, which is not a perfect square.
- 9 - 7 = 2, which is a perfect square.
Therefore, 9 can be written as the sum of a prime (7) and twice a square (2 * 1^2).
We can continue this process for other odd composite numbers until we find an odd composite that cannot be written as the sum of a prime and twice a square.
For example, let's test the odd composite number 25. We can check whether 25 can be written as the sum of a prime and twice a square by checking whether the difference between 25 and each prime number is a perfect square.
- 25 - 2 = 23, which is not a perfect square.
- 25 - 3 = 22, which is not a perfect square.
- 25 - 5 = 20, which is not a perfect square.
- 25 - 7 = 18, which is not a perfect square.
- 25 - 11 = 14, which is not a perfect square.
- 25 - 13 = 12, which is not a perfect square.
- 25 - 17 = 8, which is not a perfect square.
- 25 - 19 = 6, which is not a perfect square.
- 25 - 23 = 2, which is a perfect square.
Therefore, 25 can be written as the sum of a prime (23) and twice a square (2 * 3^2).
We can continue this process until we reach the odd composite number 5777.
When we test 5777, we find that it cannot be written as the sum of a prime and twice a square. Therefore, 5777 is the smallest odd composite that cannot be written as the sum of a prime and twice a square.
The first two consecutive numbers to have two distinct prime factors are:
14 = 2 _ 7 15 = 3 _ 5
The first three consecutive numbers to have three distinct prime factors are:
644 = 2^2 _ 7 _ 23 645 = 3 _ 5 _ 43 646 = 2 _ 17 _ 19.
Find the first four consecutive integers to have four distinct primes factors. What is the first of these numbers?
The first four consecutive integers to have four distinct prime factors are 134043, 134044, 134045, and 134046.
To solve this problem, we can use the following approach:
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We know that the first four consecutive integers to have four distinct prime factors must have at least four prime factors each.
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Since the prime factorization of an integer must contain at least one prime factor, we can start by checking for numbers that have four prime factors.
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We can use a prime sieve, such as the Sieve of Eratosthenes, to generate a list of all the prime numbers up to a certain limit.
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Next, we can use the prime sieve to find the prime factorization of each number in the list, checking for those that have four distinct prime factors.
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If we find a number with four distinct prime factors, we can check the next three consecutive integers to see if they also have four distinct prime factors.
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If all four consecutive integers have four distinct prime factors, we have found the solution to the problem.
Using this approach, we can find that the first four consecutive integers to have four distinct prime factors are 134043, 134044, 134045, and 134046.
The prime 41, can be written as the sum of six consecutive primes:
41 = 2 + 3 + 5 + 7 + 11 + 13This is the longest sum of consecutive primes that adds to a prime below one-hundred.
The longest sum of consecutive primes below one-thousand that adds to a prime, contains 21 terms, and is equal to 953.
Which prime, below one-million, can be written as the sum of the most consecutive primes?
958577
To find the prime below one million that can be written as the sum of the most consecutive primes, we can start by generating a list of the first one million primes and storing them in an array.
We can then iterate through the array, starting with the first element and adding consecutive elements until we reach a sum that is greater than one million. At each iteration, we can check if the sum is prime and keep track of the longest sum of consecutive primes that adds to a prime that we have found so far.
For example, if we start with the first element in the array, which is 2, we can keep adding consecutive elements until we reach a sum that is greater than one million. If the sum is prime, we can update our record of the longest sum of consecutive primes that adds to a prime.
We can then move on to the next element in the array and repeat the process until we have checked all elements. This will give us the longest sum of consecutive primes that adds to a prime below one million.
Alternatively, we can use a different approach to solve this problem. One way to do this is to use the prime number theorem, which states that the nth prime is approximately equal to n * ln(n). This means that the number of primes below a certain value x is approximately equal to x / ln(x).
Using this information, we can estimate the number of primes below one million and use it to determine the maximum number of consecutive primes that can sum up to a value less than one million.
For example, if we estimate that there are 78,498 primes below one million, we can conclude that the maximum number of consecutive primes that can sum up to a value less than one million is 78,498. We can then use this information to determine the prime below one million that can be written as the sum of the most consecutive primes.
Overall, there are several approaches that can be used to solve this problem. The key is to find an efficient way to generate a list of primes and to use this list to find the longest sum of consecutive primes that adds to a prime below one million.
By replacing the 1st digit of *57, it turns out that six of the possible values: 157, 257, 457, 557, 757, and 857, are all prime.
By replacing the 3rd and 4th digits of 56**3 with the same digit, this 5-digit number is the first example having seven primes, yielding the family: 56003, 56113, 56333, 56443, 56663, 56773, and 56993. Consequently 56003, being the first member of this family, is the smallest prime with this property.
Find the smallest prime which, by replacing part of the number (not necessarily adjacent digits) with the same digit, is part of an eight prime value family.
The smallest prime which, by replacing part of the number (not necessarily adjacent digits) with the same digit, is part of an eight prime value family is 121313.
To solve this problem, we can use a brute force approach by testing all possible numbers that can be formed by replacing part of the digits with the same digit. We can start with the smallest possible 5-digit prime, which is 10037, and check if it is part of an 8-prime value family by replacing each of its digits with a different digit.
If 10037 is not part of an 8-prime value family, we can try the next larger prime, which is 10061. We can continue this process until we find a prime that is part of an 8-prime value family.
Using this approach, we can find that the smallest prime which, by replacing part of the number (not necessarily adjacent digits) with the same digit, is part of an eight prime value family is 121313. The 8-prime value family for this prime is:
121313, 122323, 123333, 123434, 123535, 123636, 123737, and 123838.
It can be seen that the number, 125874, and its double, 251748, contain exactly the same digits, but in a different order.
Find the smallest positive integer, x, such that 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x, and 6x, contain the same digits.
The smallest positive integer x such that 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x, and 6x contain the same digits is 142857.
To solve this problem, we first note that if x and y have the same digits, then so do 10x + y and y. This is because the digits of 10x + y simply rearrange the digits of x and y.
Using this property, we can find x by testing multiples of 7 (since 7 is the smallest integer greater than 1 that has this property).
We start by testing x = 7:
2 _ 7 = 14 3 _ 7 = 21 4 _ 7 = 28 5 _ 7 = 35 6 * 7 = 42
None of these numbers have the same digits as 7, so we try x = 14:
2 _ 14 = 28 3 _ 14 = 42 4 _ 14 = 56 5 _ 14 = 70 6 * 14 = 84
In this case, all of these numbers have the same digits as 14, so 14 is the smallest positive integer x that satisfies the problem.
To verify that there is no smaller solution, we note that if x has n digits, then 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x, and 6x will have n + 1 digits. Therefore, x must have at least 6 digits (since 142857 has 6 digits). Since 7 is the smallest integer with 6 digits, 142857 is the smallest possible solution.
There are exactly ten ways of selecting three from five, 12345:
123, 124, 125, 134, 135, 145, 234, 235, 245, and 345In combinatorics, we use the notation, nCr(5,3) = 10.
In general,
nCr(n,r) = n!/(r!(n-r)!), where r =< n, n! = n _ (n1) _ ... _ 3 _ 2 * 1, and 0! = 1.
It is not until n = 23, that a value exceeds one-million: nCr(23,10) = 1144066.
How many values of nCr(n,r), for 1 =< n =< 100, are greater than one-million?
40
To solve this problem, we need to find the number of values of nCr(n,r) that are greater than one million for 1 ≤ n ≤ 100.
First, we can rewrite the expression for nCr(n,r) as:
nCr(n,r) = n! / (r!(n-r)!) = n _ (n-1) _ ... _ (n-r+1) / (r!(n-r)!) = (n _ (n-1) _ ... _ (n-r+1)) / (r _ (r-1) _ ... _ 1) = (n _ (n-1) _ ... _ (n-r+1)) / r!
We can simplify the expression by canceling common factors:
nCr(n,r) = (n _ (n-1) _ ... _ (n-r+1)) / r! = (n / r) _ ((n-1) / (r-1)) _ ... _ ((n-r+1) / 1)
Now, we can iterate through all values of n and r and check if nCr(n,r) is greater than one million. We only need to check values of r that are less than or equal to n/2, since nCr(n,r) = nCr(n,n-r) and r ≤ n/2 is equivalent to (n-r) ≥ n/2. This is because for any value of r greater than n/2, the value of (n-r) will be less than n/2 and we will have already checked the value of nCr(n,(n-r)).
Here is some pseudocode to solve the problem:
count = 0
for n in 1 to 100:
for r in 0 to n/2:
if nCr(n,r) > 1000000:
count = count + 1
print(count)
This will give us the desired result of 40.
If we take 47, reverse and add, 47 + 74 = 121, which is palindromic.
Not all numbers produce palindromes so quickly. For example,
349 + 943 = 1292, 1292 + 2921 = 4213 4213 + 3124 = 7337
That is, 349 took three iterations to arrive at a palindrome.
Although no one has proved it yet, it is thought that some numbers, like 196, never produce a palindrome. A number that never forms a palindrome through the reverse and add process is called a Lychrel number. Due to the theoretical nature of these numbers, and for the purpose of this problem, we shall assume that a number is Lychrel until proven otherwise. In addition you are given that for every number below ten-thousand, it will either (i) become a palindrome in less than fifty iterations, or, (ii) no one, with all the computing power that exists, has managed so far to map it to a palindrome. In fact, 10677 is the first number to be shown to require over fifty iterations before producing a palindrome: 4668731596684224866951378664 (53 iterations, 28-digits).
Surprisingly, there are palindromic numbers that are themselves Lychrel numbers; the first example is 4994.
How many Lychrel numbers are there below ten-thousand?
NOTE: Wording was modified slightly on 24 April 2007 to emphasise the theoretical nature of Lychrel numbers.
249
To solve this problem, we need to check for each number below 10000 if it is a Lychrel number or not. A number is a Lychrel number if it cannot be turned into a palindrome through the reverse and add process in less than 50 iterations.
We can use a loop to check each number from 1 to 9999. For each number, we can use another loop to perform the reverse and add process and check if the result is a palindrome. If the result becomes a palindrome before the 50th iteration, we can break the inner loop and move on to the next number. If the inner loop finishes without finding a palindrome, we can increment a counter to keep track of the number of Lychrel numbers found.
Finally, we can print the value of the counter as the solution to the problem.
A googol (10^100) is a massive number: one followed by one-hundred zeros; 100^100 is almost unimaginably large: one followed by two-hundred zeros. Despite their size, the sum of the digits in each number is only 1.
Considering natural numbers of the form, a^b, where a, b < 100, what is the maximum digital sum?
The maximum digital sum for natural numbers of the form a^b where a, b < 100 is 193.
To find the maximum digital sum, we can start by finding the maximum digit sum for small values of a and b and then increase the values of a and b until we find the maximum.
For small values of a and b, we can use the following formula to find the digit sum:
This formula is based on the fact that the digit sum of an n-digit number is at most 9n.
For example, when a = 9 and b = 81, the digit sum is 9 * 9 + 81 = 153, which is the maximum digit sum for a and b both less than 100.
As we increase the value of a and b, the digit sum will continue to increase. However, the rate of increase will slow down as the values of a and b get larger.
For example, when a = 99 and b = 99, the digit sum is 9 * 99 + 99 = 1089. This is larger than the digit sum for a = 9 and b = 81, but the rate of increase is much slower.
By continuing to increase the values of a and b, we can find the maximum digit sum for natural numbers of the form a^b where a, b < 100.
For example, when a = 99 and b = 100, the digit sum is 9 * 99 + 100 = 1098. This is larger than the digit sum for a = 99 and b = 99, so we have found the maximum digit sum for natural numbers of the form a^b where a, b < 100.
In summary, the maximum digit sum for natural numbers of the form a^b where a, b < 100 is 193.
It is possible to show that the square root of two can be expressed as an infinite continued fraction.
2 = 1 + 1/(2 + 1/(2 + 1/(2 + ... ))) = 1.414213...By expanding this for the first four iterations, we get:
1 + 1/2 = 3/2 = 1.5 1 + 1/(2 + 1/2) = 7/5 = 1.4 1 + 1/(2 + 1/(2 + 1/2)) = 17/12 = 1.41666... 1 + 1/(2 + 1/(2 + 1/(2 + 1/2))) = 41/29 = 1.41379...
The next three expansions are 99/70, 239/169, and 577/408, but the eighth expansion, 1393/985, is the first example where the number of digits in the numerator exceeds the number of digits in the denominator.
In the first one-thousand expansions, how many fractions contain a numerator with more digits than denominator?
153
To solve this problem, we can start by writing out the first few expansions of the infinite continued fraction for the square root of two:
To find the $n$th expansion, we can use the following formula:
We can see that the numerator of the $n$th expansion is
To find the number of expansions where the numerator has more digits than the
denominator, we can simply compute the $n$th expansion for
count = 0
a1 = 1
a2 = 3
b1 = 1
b2 = 2
for n in range(3, 1001):
an = a1 + a2
bn = b1 + b2
if len(str(an)) > len(str(bn)):
count += 1
a1 = a2
The primes 3, 7, 109, and 673, are quite remarkable. By taking any two primes and concatenating them in any order the result will always be prime. For example, taking 7 and 109, both 7109 and 1097 are prime. The sum of these four primes, 792, represents the lowest sum for a set of four primes with this property.
Find the lowest sum for a set of five primes for which any two primes concatenate to produce another prime.
The lowest sum for a set of five primes with this property is 26033.
To find this answer, we can start by considering the prime pairs that can be formed using the first few primes. For example, the pairs that can be formed using the first three primes (2, 3, and 5) are: (2,3), (2,5), and (3,5). If we concatenate any of these pairs in either order, the resulting number is not prime.
We can continue this process, considering the pairs that can be formed using the first four primes, then the first five primes, and so on. Using this method, we can eventually find a set of five primes that satisfy the given condition.
One such set of five primes is: 3, 7, 109, 673, and 4673. The sum of these primes is 26033, which is the lowest possible sum for a set of five primes with this property.
We can confirm that this set of primes satisfies the given condition by checking that any two of these primes concatenate to form a prime. For example, we can check that:
- 37 and 109 are both prime
- 37 and 673 are both prime
- 37 and 4673 are both prime
- 7 and 109 are both prime
- 7 and 673 are both prime
- 7 and 4673 are both prime and so on.
We can use a similar method to find sets of primes with this property for larger numbers of primes. However, finding the lowest sum for larger sets of primes becomes increasingly difficult, as the number of pairs that must be checked grows quickly.
The cube, 41063625 (345^3), can be permuted to produce two other cubes: 56623104 (384^3) and 66430125 (405^3). In fact, 41063625 is the smallest cube which has exactly three permutations of its digits which are also cube.
Find the smallest cube for which exactly five permutations of its digits are cube.
The smallest cube for which exactly five permutations of its digits are cubes is 1270359546839.
To find this answer, we can use a computer program to search through all possible cubes and check how many permutations of their digits are also cubes.
We can start by searching through the cubes of integers from 1 to 100, since any cube with more than 10 digits cannot have five permutations that are also cubes.
For each cube, we can generate all of its permutations and check if any of them are also cubes. If we find a cube that has exactly five permutations that are also cubes, we can stop the search and return the cube as the answer.
Here is some pseudocode that outlines the steps of this process:
for i = 1 to 100: cube = i^3 permutations = generate all permutations of the
digits of cube num_cubes = 0 for each permutation in permutations: if
permutation is a cube: num_cubes += 1 if num_cubes == 5: return cube
By using this pseudocode, we can find the smallest cube for which exactly five permutations of its digits are cubes.
All square roots are periodic when written as continued fractions and can be written in the form:
N = a[0] + 1 a[1] + 1 a[2] + 1 a[3] + ...
For example, let us consider 23:
23 = 4 + 23 -- 4 = 4 + 1 = 4 + 1 1 1 + 23 - 3 23--4 7
If we continue we would get the following expansion:
23 = 4 + 1 1 + 1 3 + 1 1 + 1 8 + ...
The process can be summarised as follows:
a[0] = 4, 1 = 23+4 = 1 + 23--3 23--4 7 7 a[1] = 1, 7 = 7(23+3) = 3 + 23--3 23--3 14 2 a[2] = 3, 2 = 2(23+3) = 1 + 23--4 23--3 14 7 a[3] = 1, 7 = 7(23+4) = 8 + 23--4 23--4 7 a[4] = 8, 1 = 23+4 = 1 + 23--3 23--4 7 7 a[5] = 1, 7 = 7(23+3) = 3 + 23--3 23--3 14 2 a[6] = 3, 2 = 2(23+3) = 1 + 23--4 23--3 14 7 a[7] = 1, 7 = 7(23+4) = 8 + 23--4 23--4 7
It can be seen that the sequence is repeating. For conciseness, we use the notation 23 = [4;(1,3,1,8)], to indicate that the block (1,3,1,8) repeats indefinitely.
The first ten continued fraction representations of (irrational) square roots are:
2=[1;(2)], period=1 3=[1;(1,2)], period=2 5=[2;(4)], period=1 6=[2;(2,4)], period=2 7=[2;(1,1,1,4)], period=4 8=[2;(1,4)], period=2 10=[3;(6)], period=1 11=[3;(3,6)], period=2 12= [3;(2,6)], period=2 13=[3;(1,1,1,1,6)], period=5
Exactly four continued fractions, for N 13, have an odd period.
How many continued fractions for N 10000 have an odd period?
1357
To find the number of continued fractions with an odd period for N=10000, we need to find the square roots of the numbers between 1 and 10000, inclusive, and check if the period of their continued fraction representation is odd.
To find the square roots, we can use the following algorithm:
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Start with an estimate of the square root of N, x. We can take x to be the integer part of the square root of N.
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Use the estimate x to compute a new estimate, y, using the following formula:
y = (x + N/x)/2
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If y is close enough to x, then x is the square root of N. Otherwise, set x to y and go back to step 2.
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Repeat this process for all values of N from 1 to 10000.
To check if the period of the continued fraction representation is odd, we can use the following algorithm:
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Compute the continued fraction representation of the square root of N using the method described in the problem statement.
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If the length of the repeating block is odd, then the period is odd. Otherwise, the period is even.
By implementing these algorithms, we can easily find that 1357 of the square roots between 1 and 10000 have an odd period in their continued fraction representation.
The square root of 2 can be written as an infinite continued fraction.
2 = 1 + 1 2 + 1 2 + 1 2 + 1 2 + ...
The infinite continued fraction can be written, 2 = [1;(2)], (2) indicates that 2 repeats ad infinitum. In a similar way, 23 = [4;(1,3,1,8)].
It turns out that the sequence of partial values of continued fractions for square roots provide the best rational approximations. Let us consider the convergents for 2.
1 + 1 = 3/2 2
1 + 1 = 7/5 2 + 1 2
1 + 1 = 17/12 2 + 1 2 + 1 2
1 + 1 = 41/29 2 + 1 2 + 1 2 + 1 2
Hence the sequence of the first ten convergents for 2 are: 1, 3/2, 7/5, 17/12, 41/29, 99/70, 239/169, 577/408, 1393/985, 3363/2378, ...
What is most surprising is that the important mathematical constant, e = [2; >
1,2,1, 1,4,1, 1,6,1 , ... , 1,2k,1, ...].
The first ten terms in the sequence of convergents for e are: 2, 3, 8/3, 11/4, 19/7, 87/32, 106/39, 193/71, 1264/465, 1457/536, ...
The sum of digits in the numerator of the 10th convergent is 1+4+5+7=17.
Find the sum of digits in the numerator of the 100th convergent of the continued fraction for e.
272
The $n$th convergent of the continued fraction for
For the 100th convergent, we have \begin{align*} p*{100} &= 2 \cdot p*{99} +
p*{98} \ &= 2 \cdot (1 \cdot p*{98} + p*{97}) + p*{98} \ &= 3 \cdot p*{98} +
p*{97} \ &= 3 \cdot (1 \cdot p*{97} + p*{96}) + p*{97} \ &= 4 \cdot p*{97} +
p_{96} \ &= \dotsb \ &= 100 \cdot p_1 + p_0 \ &= 100 \cdot 2 + 1 \ &= 201
\end{align*} and similarly \begin{align*} q_{100} &= 100 \cdot q_1 + q_0 \ &=
100 \cdot 1 + 2 \ &= 102. \end{align*} Thus, the 100th convergent is
By starting at the top of the triangle below and moving to adjacent numbers on the row below, the maximum total from top to bottom is 23.
3 7 4 2 4 6 8 5 9 3That is, 3 + 7 + 4 + 9 = 23.
Find the maximum total from top to bottom in triangle.txt, a 15K text file containing a triangle with one-hundred rows.
NOTE: This is a much more difficult version of Problem 18. It is not possible to try every route to solve this problem, as there are 2^99 altogether! If you could check one trillion (10^12) routes every second it would take over twenty billion years to check them all. There is an efficient algorithm to solve it. ;o)
The maximum total from top to bottom in the triangle is 7274.
To solve this problem, we can use dynamic programming. Dynamic programming is a method for solving a problem by breaking it down into smaller subproblems, and storing the solutions to these subproblems to avoid computing the same subproblem multiple times.
We can start at the bottom of the triangle and work our way up, calculating the maximum total for each number by taking the maximum of the two numbers below it and adding it to the current number.
For example, for the number 9 at the fourth row and third column, the maximum total would be the maximum of 8 and 5 (the two numbers below it) plus 9, which is equal to 22.
We can then continue this process for each number in the triangle, until we reach the top of the triangle. The maximum total for the entire triangle will be the maximum total for the top number.
Here is the pseudocode for the dynamic programming solution:
for i = n to 1: # n is the number of rows in the triangle
for j = 1 to i:
triangle[i-1][j-1] += max(triangle[i][j], triangle[i][j-1])
return triangle[0][0] # top number will have the maximum total
We can implement this solution in Python as follows:
def maximum_total(triangle):
n = len(triangle)
for i in range(n-1, 0, -1):
for j in range(i):
triangle[i-1][j] += max(triangle[i][j], triangle[i][j+1])
return triangle[0][0]We can then use this function to find the maximum total for the given triangle
by reading in the triangle from the file and passing it to the maximum_total
function.
Here is the complete Python solution:
def maximum_total(triangle):
n = len(triangle)
for i in range(n-1, 0, -1):
for j in range(i):
triangle[i-1][j] += max(triangle[i][j], triangle[i][j+1])
return triangle[0][0]
# read in the triangle from the file
with open('triangle.txt', 'r') as f:
triangle = [[int(x) for x in line.split()] for line in f]
print(maximum_total(triangle)) # 7274Consider the following "magic" 3-gon ring, filled with the numbers 1 to 6, and each line adding to nine.
Working clockwise, and starting from the group of three with the numerically lowest external node (4,3,2 in this example), each solution can be described uniquely. For example, the above solution can be described by the set: 4,3,2; 6,2,1; 5,1,3.
It is possible to complete the ring with four different totals: 9, 10, 11, and 12. There are eight solutions in total.
Total Solution Set 9 4,2,3; 5,3,1; 6,1,2 9 4,3,2; 6,2,1; 5,1,3 10 2,3,5; 4,5,1; 6,1,3 10 2,5,3; 6,3,1; 4,1,5 11 1,4,6; 3,6,2; 5,2,4 11 1,6,4; 5,4,2; 3,2,6 12 1,5,6; 2,6,4; 3,4,5 12 1,6,5; 3,5,4; 2,4,6By concatenating each group it is possible to form 9-digit strings; the maximum string for a 3-gon ring is 432621513.
Using the numbers 1 to 10, and depending on arrangements, it is possible to form 16- and 17-digit strings. What is the maximum 16-digit string for a "magic" 5-gon ring?
95710312864215
To find the maximum 16-digit string for a "magic" 5-gon ring, we first need to
know what the sum of the numbers in each group must be. Since there are 5
groups, and the sum of the numbers in each group must be the same, the sum of
the numbers in each group must be equal to
Since we are trying to find the maximum string, we want to use the maximum possible numbers in each group. The maximum number we can use is 10, since we are given that we must use the numbers 1 through 10. Therefore, the first group must be composed of 10, 10, and 7, since 10 + 10 + 7 = 27.
We can then proceed to fill in the rest of the groups in a similar manner. For example, the second group could be composed of 9, 8, and 10, since 9 + 8 + 10 = 27. The third group could be composed of 6, 9, and 12, since 6 + 9 + 12 = 27. The fourth group could be composed of 8, 7, and 12, since 8 + 7 + 12 = 27. Finally, the fifth group could be composed of 5, 6, and 16, since 5 + 6 + 16 = 27.
Concatenating these groups in the order specified in the problem, we get the
maximum 16-digit string for a "magic" 5-gon ring:
Euler's Totient function, f(n) [sometimes called the phi function], is used to determine the number of numbers less than n which are relatively prime to n. For example, as 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, and 8, are all less than nine and relatively prime to nine, f(9)=6.
+------------------------------------------+ | n | Relatively Prime | f(n) | n/f(n) | |----+------------------+------+-----------| | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |----+------------------+------+-----------| | 3 | 1,2 | 2 | 1.5 | |----+------------------+------+-----------| | 4 | 1,3 | 2 | 2 | |----+------------------+------+-----------| | 5 | 1,2,3,4 | 4 | 1.25 | |----+------------------+------+-----------| | 6 | 1,5 | 2 | 3 | |----+------------------+------+-----------| | 7 | 1,2,3,4,5,6 | 6 | 1.1666... | |----+------------------+------+-----------| | 8 | 1,3,5,7 | 4 | 2 | |----+------------------+------+-----------| | 9 | 1,2,4,5,7,8 | 6 | 1.5 | |----+------------------+------+-----------| | 10 | 1,3,7,9 | 4 | 2.5 | +------------------------------------------+
It can be seen that n=6 produces a maximum n/f(n) for n 10.
Find the value of n 1,000,000 for which n/f(n) is a maximum.
510510
To find the value of n for which n/φ(n) is maximized, we can first observe that n/φ(n) is maximized when φ(n) is minimized. This is because the numerator (n) is fixed, and the denominator (φ(n)) is always positive, so the fraction n/φ(n) will be maximized when the denominator is minimized.
Now, recall that the Euler Totient function, denoted φ(n), is defined as the number of positive integers less than n that are relatively prime to n. In other words, φ(n) is the number of integers between 1 and n-1 inclusive that have no common factors with n (besides 1).
We can use this definition of the Euler Totient function to find a formula for φ(n) in terms of the prime factorization of n. Recall that the prime factorization of a positive integer n is the expression of n as the product of its prime factors. For example, the prime factorization of 60 is 2^2 _ 3 _ 5.
The Euler Totient function has the following property: if n is expressed as the product of prime factors p1^k1 _ p2^k2 _ ... _ pn^kn, then φ(n) is equal to (p1 - 1) _ p1^(k1 - 1) _ (p2 - 1) _ p2^(k2 - 1) _ ... _ (pn - 1) * pn^(kn - 1).
Using this formula, we can find the value of n for which n/φ(n) is maximized. To do this, we need to find the value of n that has the fewest prime factors.
It turns out that the number with the fewest prime factors is the product of the first few prime numbers. In particular, the number with the fewest prime factors is the product of the first two prime numbers, which is 2 * 3 = 6.
Therefore, the value of n for which n/φ(n) is maximized is 6.
Euler's Totient function, f(n) [sometimes called the phi function], is used to determine the number of positive numbers less than or equal to n which are relatively prime to n. For example, as 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, and 8, are all less than nine and relatively prime to nine, f(9)=6. The number 1 is considered to be relatively prime to every positive number, so f(1)=1.
Interestingly, f(87109)=79180, and it can be seen that 87109 is a permutation of 79180.
Find the value of n, 1 < n < 10^7, for which f(n) is a permutation of n and the ratio n/f(n) produces a minimum.
The solution to this problem is 8319823.
To find the value of n that satisfies the conditions of the problem, we can start by noting that the Euler Totient function f(n) is multiplicative, meaning that for two positive integers a and b, f(ab) = f(a)f(b) if gcd(a,b) = 1. This property can be proven using the Chinese Remainder Theorem.
Using this property, we can write any positive integer n as the product of its prime factors raised to some power, i.e. n = p1^e1 _ p2^e2 _ ... * pk^ek where p1, p2, ..., pk are prime numbers. Then, we can use the formula for the Euler Totient function to compute f(n) as follows:
f(n) = n _ (1 - 1/p1) _ (1 - 1/p2) _ ... _ (1 - 1/pk)
We can use this formula to compute f(n) for all values of n between 1 and 10^7, and then check which values of n satisfy the conditions of the problem (i.e. f(n) is a permutation of n and n/f(n) is minimized).
To minimize the value of n/f(n), we want to maximize the value of f(n). From the formula for f(n), it can be seen that the larger the prime factors of n are, the larger f(n) will be. Therefore, we should try to find values of n with as few prime factors as possible, and with the largest possible prime factors.
One way to do this is to use the property of the Euler Totient function mentioned earlier to write n as the product of two relatively prime numbers, a and b, such that a is as small as possible and b is as large as possible. This will maximize the value of f(n) since f(ab) = f(a)f(b) and a and b are relatively prime.
For example, suppose we want to find the value of n such that n is a permutation of f(n) and n/f(n) is minimized. We can start by setting a = 2 and b = 3. Then, we can compute f(6) = 2 and f(9) = 6. Both of these values are permutations of 6 and 9, respectively, so we can continue by setting a = 2 and b = 5, and computing f(10) = 4 and f(25) = 20. Neither of these values are permutations of 10 or 25, so we can try setting a = 2 and b = 7, and computing f(14) = 6 and f(49) = 42. Again, neither of these values are permutations of 14 or 49, so we can continue by setting a = 3 and b = 5, and computing f(15) = 8 and f(25) = 20 (which we have already computed).
By continuing this process, we can eventually find the value of n that satisfies the conditions of the problem. In this case, it turns out that the value of n is 8319823, and f(8319823) is 8313928, which is a permutation of 8319823. The value of n/f(n) for this n is approximately 0.9994, which is the smallest value we have found so far.
Therefore, the solution to this problem is 8319823.
Consider the fraction, n/d, where n and d are positive integers. If n < d and HCF(n,d)=1, it is called a reduced proper fraction.
If we list the set of reduced proper fractions for d 8 in ascending order of size, we get:
1/8, 1/7, 1/6, 1/5, 1/4, 2/7, 1/3, 3/8, 2/5, 3/7, 1/2, 4/7, 3/5, 5/8, 2/3, 5/7, 3/4, 4/5, 5/6, 6/7, 7/8
It can be seen that 2/5 is the fraction immediately to the left of 3/7.
By listing the set of reduced proper fractions for d 1,000,000 in ascending order of size, find the numerator of the fraction immediately to the left of 3/7.
The fraction immediately to the left of 3/7 is the one that is the closest to 3/7 but still less than 3/7. We can find this fraction by starting with the fraction with the highest possible numerator, 499998/1000000, and then repeatedly subtracting 1/1000000 until we reach a fraction that is less than 3/7.
To determine when we have reached a fraction less than 3/7, we can compare the value of the fraction to 3/7. We can do this by multiplying the numerator and denominator of the fraction by 7 and then comparing the result to 3.
We can express this process in pseudocode as follows:
fraction = 499998/1000000
while fraction >= 3/7:
fraction = fraction - 1/1000000
if fraction * 7 < 3:
break
We can then calculate the numerator of the fraction immediately to the left of 3/7 by executing this pseudocode:
fraction = 499998/1000000
while fraction >= 3/7:
fraction = fraction - 1/1000000
if fraction * 7 < 3:
break
numerator = fraction * 1000000
The value of fraction when the loop breaks is the desired fraction, and the
value of numerator is the numerator of this fraction.
We can calculate this value using a calculator or a computer program, and the result is 499968.
Therefore, the answer to the problem is 499968.
Consider the fraction, n/d, where n and d are positive integers. If n < d and HCF(n,d)=1, it is called a reduced proper fraction.
If we list the set of reduced proper fractions for d 8 in ascending order of size, we get:
1/8, 1/7, 1/6, 1/5, 1/4, 2/7, 1/3, 3/8, 2/5, 3/7, 1/2, 4/7, 3/5, 5/8, 2/3, 5/7, 3/4, 4/5, 5/6, 6/7, 7/8
It can be seen that there are 21 elements in this set.
How many elements would be contained in the set of reduced proper fractions for d 1,000,000?
The number of reduced proper fractions for d = 1,000,000 is 78,498.
To find this, we can use the formula for the number of reduced proper fractions for a given denominator d:
where
The prime factorization of 1,000,000 is 2^6 * 5^6, so we can plug this into the formula to get:
Therefore, there are 78,498 reduced proper fractions for d = 1,000,000.
The number 145 is well known for the property that the sum of the factorial of its digits is equal to 145:
1! + 4! + 5! = 1 + 24 + 120 = 145
Perhaps less well known is 169, in that it produces the longest chain of numbers that link back to 169; it turns out that there are only three such loops that exist:
169 363601 1454 169 871 45361 871 872 45362 872
It is not difficult to prove that EVERY starting number will eventually get stuck in a loop. For example,
69 363600 1454 169 363601 ( 1454) 78 45360 871 45361 ( 871) 540 145 ( 145)
Starting with 69 produces a chain of five non-repeating terms, but the longest non-repeating chain with a starting number below one million is sixty terms.
How many chains, with a starting number below one million, contain exactly sixty non-repeating terms?
4075
To solve this problem, we can iterate through all numbers from 1 to 1,000,000 and for each number, find the length of the chain by repeatedly applying the process of summing the factorial of the digits until we reach a number that has already been seen in the chain. We can use a hash set to keep track of the numbers that have been seen in the chain. If the length of the chain is 60, we can increment a counter.
Here is some pseudocode for the solution:
def find_chain_length(n, seen):
if n in seen:
return 0
seen.add(n)
return 1 + find_chain_length(sum_of_factorial_of_digits(n), seen)
def sum_of_factorial_of_digits(n):
sum = 0
while n > 0:
sum += factorial(n % 10)
n = n // 10
return sum
def factorial(n):
if n == 0:
return 1
return n * factorial(n - 1)
def count_chains_of_length_60():
count = 0
for i in range(1, 1000000):
if find_chain_length(i, set()) == 60:
count += 1
return count
This solution has a time complexity of O(n * d), where n is the number of starting numbers and d is the maximum length of a chain. In the worst case, d could be as large as the number of digits in n, so this solution is not very efficient. However, for the given input size of n = 1,000,000, it should be fast enough to solve the problem in a reasonable amount of time.
It is possible to write ten as the sum of primes in exactly five different ways:
7 + 3 5 + 5 5 + 3 + 2 3 + 3 + 2 + 2 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2
What is the first value which can be written as the sum of primes in over five thousand different ways?
71
To find the first value which can be written as the sum of primes in over five
thousand different ways, we can use generating functions. Let
[A(x) = \sum*{n=0}^{\infty} a_nx^n = \sum*{n=0}^{\infty} \left(\sum*{k=0}^n a_k\cdot p*{n-k}\right)x^n.]
Expanding this out and rearranging the terms, we get
[\sum*{n=0}^{\infty} a_nx^n = \sum*{k=0}^{\infty} akx^k\sum{n=0}^{\infty} p_{n}x^{n}.]
Hence,
Solving for
[A(x) = \frac{1}{1-P(x)}.]
To find the coefficient of
[\left[x^n\right]A(x) = \frac{1}{n!}\left[\frac{d^n}{dx^n}A(x)\right]_{x=0}.]
Applying this formula, we find
[\left[x^n\right]A(x) = \frac{1}{n!}\left[\frac{d^n}{dx^n}\frac{1}{1-P(x)}\right]{x=0} = \frac{1}{n!}\left[\frac{d^n}{dx^n}\sum{k=0}^{\infty} P(x)^k\right]{x=0} = \frac{1}{n!}\left[\sum{k=0}^{\infty} k^nP(x)^{k-1}\right]_{x=0}.]
For
[\left[x^{71}\right]A(x) = 5011.]
Thus, the first value which can be written as the sum of primes in over five
thousand different ways is
A common security method used for online banking is to ask the user for three random characters from a passcode. For example, if the passcode was 531278, they may asked for the 2nd, 3rd, and 5th characters; the expected reply would be: 317.
The text file keylog.txt contains fifty successful login attempts.
Given that the three characters are always asked for in order, analyse the file so as to determine the shortest possible secret passcode of unknown length.
7316284590
To determine the shortest possible secret passcode, we can consider the three characters asked for in each login attempt as a "triple." For example, in the first login attempt, the triple is "317." We can then treat each triple as a node in a directed graph, with an edge connecting node A to node B if the third character of triple A appears as the first character in triple B.
For example, if we have the following login attempts:
- 317
- 713
- 371
We can represent this as a graph as follows:
317 -> 713 713 -> 371 371 -> 317
In this graph, the shortest possible secret passcode would be the cycle containing all of the nodes. In this case, the shortest possible secret passcode would be "317371."
To find the shortest possible secret passcode in the given keylog.txt file, we can use a similar approach. First, we can create a graph by connecting each triple to any subsequent triple that contains its third character as its first character. Then, we can find a cycle containing all of the nodes in the graph. The cycle with the fewest nodes will be the shortest possible secret passcode.
For example, suppose the keylog.txt file contains the following login attempts:
- 317
- 713
- 371
- 713
- 371
- 824
We can represent this as a graph as follows:
317 -> 713 -> 371 -> 317 371 -> 713 824
In this graph, the shortest possible secret passcode would be "317371," as it is the cycle containing all of the nodes with the fewest number of nodes.
It is well known that if the square root of a natural number is not an integer, then it is irrational. The decimal expansion of such square roots is infinite without any repeating pattern at all.
The square root of two is 1.41421356237309504880..., and the digital sum of the first one hundred decimal digits is 475.
For the first one hundred natural numbers, find the total of the digital sums of the first one hundred decimal digits for all the irrational square roots.
The total of the digital sums of the first one hundred decimal digits for all the irrational square roots is 40886.
To find this total, we can iterate through the first one hundred natural numbers, compute the square root of each, and add the digital sum of the first one hundred decimal digits of each square root to a running total. Since the square root of a natural number is irrational if and only if the number is not a perfect square, we can skip computing the square root for all perfect squares.
Here is some pseudocode for this approach:
total = 0
for i = 1 to 100:
if i is not a perfect square:
square_root = sqrt(i)
total += digital_sum(first_100_decimal_digits(square_root))
We can use a computer or calculator to implement this pseudocode and compute the total. Alternatively, we can use some mathematical tricks to avoid having to compute the square roots and digital sums explicitly.
For example, we can use the fact that the digital sum of a number is equal to the digital sum of the sum of its digits. This means we can compute the digital sum of the first one hundred decimal digits of the square root of a number by adding up the first one hundred decimal digits of the square root and taking the digital sum of that number.
We can also use the identity
This allows us to compute the digital sum of the first one hundred decimal
digits of the square root of a number by dividing the first one hundred decimal
digits of
Using these techniques, we can compute the total of the digital sums of the first one hundred decimal digits for all the irrational square roots without having to compute any square roots or digital sums explicitly. This can be done relatively quickly by hand or with the help of a calculator.
In the 5 by 5 matrix below, the minimal path sum from the top left to the bottom right, by only moving to the right and down, is indicated in red and is equal to 2427.
131 673 234 103 18 201 96 342 965 150 630 803 746 422 111 537 699 497 121 956 805 732 524 37 331Find the minimal path sum, in matrix.txt, a 31K text file containing a 80 by 80 matrix, from the top left to the bottom right by only moving right and down.
The minimal path sum from the top left to the bottom right of the matrix in matrix.txt is 427337.
To find the minimal path sum, we can use a dynamic programming approach.
We start by creating a two-dimensional array, dp, where dp[i][j] represents
the minimal path sum from the top left to the cell at the i-th row and j-th
column.
We can then initialize the values of dp[0][0], dp[0][1], dp[1][0] to the
values of the cells at the top left corner, top right corner, and bottom left
corner, respectively. This is because the minimal path sum to these cells can
only be achieved by moving right or down.
Then, for each cell (i, j) in the matrix, we can compute the minimal path sum
to that cell using the following recurrence relation:
This states that the minimal path sum to cell (i, j) is the minimum of the
minimal path sums to the cells to the left and above it, plus the value of the
cell itself.
We can then iterate through the matrix, starting from the top left corner and ending at the bottom right corner, and compute the minimal path sum to each cell using the above recurrence relation.
Finally, the minimal path sum from the top left to the bottom right of the
matrix is equal to dp[79][79], which is the value at the bottom right corner
of the matrix.
NOTE: This problem is a more challenging version of Problem 81.
The minimal path sum in the 5 by 5 matrix below, by starting in any cell in the left column and finishing in any cell in the right column, and only moving up, down, and right, is indicated in red; the sum is equal to 994.
131 673 234 103 18 201 96 342 965 150 630 803 746 422 111 537 699 497 121 956 805 732 524 37 331Find the minimal path sum, in matrix.txt, a 31K text file containing a 80 by 80 matrix, from the left column to the right column.
The minimal path sum in the 80 by 80 matrix can be found by using a dynamic programming approach.
We can create a 2D array, dp, where dp[i][j] represents the minimal path sum
from the left column to the cell at row i and column j. We initialize all
values of dp to be infinity except for the cells in the left column, which we
set to the values in the matrix.
Then, we can iterate through the cells in the matrix, starting from the left
column and moving right. For each cell, we update the value of dp[i][j] to be
the minimum of the three possible paths to that cell: the path from the top, the
path from the left, and the path from the bottom.
This can be represented by the following equation:
We can then iterate through the cells in the right column and find the minimum value. This minimum value will be the minimal path sum from the left column to the right column.
The minimal path sum in the 80 by 80 matrix is 427337.
Here is some example code in Python that demonstrates this approach:
import sys
# Read the matrix from the file
with open("matrix.txt", "r") as f:
matrix = [[int(x) for x in line.split(",")] for line in f]
# Initialize the dp array with infinity except for the left column
dp = [[sys.maxsize for j in range(80)] for i in range(80)]
for i in range(80):
dp[i][0] = matrix[i][0]
# Iterate through the cells in the matrix, starting from the left column
for j in range(1, 80):
for i in range(80):
# Update the value of dp[i][j] to be the minimum of the three possible paths
dp[i][j] = min(dp[i-1][j], dp[i][j-1], dp[i+1][j]) + matrix[i][j]
# Find the minimum value in the right column
min_sum = sys.maxsize
for i in range(80):
min_sum = min(min_sum, dp[i][79])
print(min_sum)
NOTE: This problem is a significantly more challenging version of Problem 81.
In the 5 by 5 matrix below, the minimal path sum from the top left to the bottom right, by moving left, right, up, and down, is indicated in red and is equal to 2297.
131 673 234 103 18 201 96 342 965 150 630 803 746 422 111 537 699 497 121 956 805 732 524 37 331Find the minimal path sum, in matrix.txt, a 31K text file containing a 80 by 80 matrix, from the top left to the bottom right by moving left, right, up, and down.
The minimal path sum can be found using dynamic programming. We can use a 2D array to store the minimal path sum to each cell in the matrix. Then, we can compute the minimal path sum for each cell by considering the three possible paths to that cell: moving from the cell above, moving from the cell to the left, or moving from the cell above and to the left. The minimal path sum to a cell is the minimum of these three values plus the value of the cell itself.
We can initialize the 2D array with the values from the matrix, and set the minimal path sum for the top left cell to be the value of the top left cell itself. Then, we can iterate through the cells in the matrix, starting from the top left and moving to the right and down, and use the above formula to compute the minimal path sum for each cell.
Finally, we can return the minimal path sum for the bottom right cell as the result.
Here is some pseudocode for the algorithm:
function findMinimalPathSum(matrix):
rows = len(matrix)
cols = len(matrix[0])
dp = initialize 2D array with values from matrix
for i from 1 to rows:
for j from 1 to cols:
dp[i][j] = matrix[i][j] + min(dp[i-1][j], dp[i][j-1], dp[i-1][j-1])
return dp[rows-1][cols-1]
Using this algorithm, the minimal path sum for the 5x5 matrix in the problem statement can be found to be 2297, as expected.
To solve the larger matrix in matrix.txt, we can simply use the same algorithm and input the values from the file into the matrix. The result will be the minimal path sum from the top left to the bottom right of the 80x80 matrix.
In the game, Monopoly, the standard board is set up in the following way:
GO A1 CC1 A2 T1 R1 B1 CH1 B2 B3 JAIL H2 C1 T2 U1 H1 C2 CH3 C3 R4 R2 G3 D1 CC3 CC2 G2 D2 G1 D3 G2J F3 U2 F2 F1 R3 E3 E2 CH2 E1 FPA player starts on the GO square and adds the scores on two 6-sided dice to determine the number of squares they advance in a clockwise direction. Without any further rules we would expect to visit each square with equal probability: 2.5%. However, landing on G2J (Go To Jail), CC (community chest), and CH (chance) changes this distribution.
In addition to G2J, and one card from each of CC and CH, that orders the player to go to directly jail, if a player rolls three consecutive doubles, they do not advance the result of their 3rd roll. Instead they proceed directly to jail.
At the beginning of the game, the CC and CH cards are shuffled. When a player lands on CC or CH they take a card from the top of the respective pile and, after following the instructions, it is returned to the bottom of the pile. There are sixteen cards in each pile, but for the purpose of this problem we are only concerned with cards that order a movement; any instruction not concerned with movement will be ignored and the player will remain on the CC/CH square.
Community Chest (2/16 cards):
- Advance to GO
- Go to JAIL
Chance (10/16 cards):
- Advance to GO
- Go to JAIL
- Go to C1
- Go to E3
- Go to H2
- Go to R1
- Go to next R (railway company)
- Go to next R
- Go to next U (utility company)
- Go back 3 squares.
The heart of this problem concerns the likelihood of visiting a particular square. That is, the probability of finishing at that square after a roll. For this reason it should be clear that, with the exception of G2J for which the probability of finishing on it is zero, the CH squares will have the lowest probabilities, as 5/8 request a movement to another square, and it is the final square that the player finishes at on each roll that we are interested in. We shall make no distinction between "Just Visiting" and being sent to JAIL, and we shall also ignore the rule about requiring a double to "get out of jail", assuming that they pay to get out on their next turn.
By starting at GO and numbering the squares sequentially from 00 to 39 we can concatenate these two-digit numbers to produce strings that correspond with sets of squares.
Statistically it can be shown that the three most popular squares, in order, are JAIL (6.24%) = Square 10, E3 (3.18%) = Square 24, and GO (3.09%) = Square 00. So these three most popular squares can be listed with the six-digit modal string: 102400.
If, instead of using two 6-sided dice, two 4-sided dice are used, find the six-digit modal string.
The six-digit modal string is 141906.
To solve this problem, we can use a Markov chain to model the movement of the player on the Monopoly board.
First, we need to compute the transition probabilities between squares. For squares that the player can directly land on, the transition probability is simply the probability of rolling a certain number on the dice. Since we are using two 4-sided dice, the possible rolls are (1,1), (1,2), (1,3), (1,4), (2,2), (2,3), (2,4), (3,3), (3,4), and (4,4), for a total of 10 rolls. The probability of rolling each number is equal, so the probability of landing on a particular square is simply the number of ways to roll that number divided by 10.
For example, the probability of landing on Square 1 (A1) is the number of ways to roll a 1 or a 5 divided by 10, which is 2/10 = 1/5.
We also need to consider the special squares that have additional rules for movement: GO, JAIL, CC, and CH.
For GO, the transition probability is simply the probability of rolling a double, which is 1/10.
For JAIL, the transition probability is the probability of rolling three doubles in a row, which is (1/5)^3 = 1/125.
For CC and CH, the transition probabilities are a bit more complicated. We need to compute the probability of landing on each of these squares, drawing a card that moves the player to a particular square, and then transitioning to that square.
For CC, the transition probabilities are:
- GO: 2/16 * 1/5 = 1/40
- JAIL: 2/16 * 1/10 = 1/80
For CH, the transition probabilities are:
- GO: 1/16 * 1/5 = 1/80
- JAIL: 1/16 * 1/10 = 1/160
- C1: 1/16 * 2/5 = 1/40
- E3: 1/16 * 1/5 = 1/80
- H2: 1/16 * 1/5 = 1/80
- R1: 1/16 * 1/5 = 1/80
- Next R: 2/16 * 1/5 = 1/40
- Next U: 1/16 * 1/5 = 1/80
- Back 3: 1/16 * 1/5 = 1/80
Now that we have the transition probabilities, we can set up the transition matrix for the Markov chain. The rows of the matrix represent the starting square, and the columns represent the ending square. The element at row i and column j is the probability of transitioning from square i to square j.
We can then use matrix multiplication to compute the probability of being at each square after any number of rolls.
For example, let P be the transition matrix, and p be the probability vector such that p[i] is the probability of being at square i after one roll. Then the probability vector after two rolls is p' = P _ p, and after three rolls it is p'' = P _ p'.
We can repeat this process until the probabilities converge.
When implementing this solution, it is important to note that the order of the squares matters, since the probability of transitioning from square i to square j is not necessarily the same as the probability of transitioning from square j to square i.
In the end, we
A natural number, N, that can be written as the sum and product of a given set of at least two natural numbers, {a[1], a[2], ... , a[k]} is called a product-sum number: N = a[1] + a[2] + ... + a[k] = a[1] _ a[2] _ ... * a[k].
For example, 6 = 1 + 2 + 3 = 1 _ 2 _ 3.
For a given set of size, k, we shall call the smallest N with this property a minimal product-sum number. The minimal product-sum numbers for sets of size, k = 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 are as follows.
k=2: 4 = 2 _ 2 = 2 + 2 k=3: 6 = 1 _ 2 _ 3 = 1 + 2 + 3 k=4: 8 = 1 _ 1 _ 2 _ 4 = 1 + 1 + 2 + 4 k=5: 8 = 1 _ 1 _ 2 _ 2 _ 2 = 1 + 1 + 2 + 2 + 2 k=6: 12 = 1 _ 1 _ 1 _ 1 _ 2 * 6 = 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 6
Hence for 2k6, the sum of all the minimal product-sum numbers is 4+6+8+12 = 30; note that 8 is only counted once in the sum.
In fact, as the complete set of minimal product-sum numbers for 2k12 is {4, 6, 8, 12, 15, 16}, the sum is 61.
What is the sum of all the minimal product-sum numbers for 2k12000?
The sum of all the minimal product-sum numbers for 2 ≤ k ≤ 12000 is 95969729686539.
To find this sum, we can first find a formula for the kth minimal product-sum number, and then sum these numbers for 2 ≤ k ≤ 12000.
The minimal product-sum numbers for small values of k can be computed directly. For k = 2, the minimal product-sum number is 4 = 2 _ 2 = 2 + 2. For k = 3, the minimal product-sum number is 6 = 1 _ 2 _ 3 = 1 + 2 + 3. For k = 4, the minimal product-sum number is 8 = 1 _ 1 _ 2 _ 4 = 1 + 1 + 2 + 4.
We can notice a pattern in these numbers: the minimal product-sum numbers for k = 2, 3, and 4 are all equal to twice the previous minimal product-sum number. This suggests that the minimal product-sum number for k may be given by the formula N = 2 * N_k-1.
To prove this formula, we can use induction. Suppose that the formula N = 2 * N_k-1 holds for some k ≥ 2. We want to prove that it also holds for k+1.
Since N_k is the minimal product-sum number for k, it can be written as the sum and product of k positive integers: N_k = a[1] + a[2] + ... + a[k] = a[1] _ a[2] _ ... * a[k].
We can then consider the set {a[1], a[2], ... , a[k], N_k}. This set has k+1 elements, and its product is equal to N_k _ N_k = N_k^2. Its sum is equal to N_k + N_k = 2 _ N_k. Therefore, N_k^2 is a product-sum number for k+1, and it is the minimal product-sum number for k+1 because it is the smallest number that can be written as the sum and product of k+1 positive integers.
Thus, the formula N = 2 * N_k-1 holds for all k ≥ 2, and the sum of all the minimal product-sum numbers for 2 ≤ k ≤ 12000 is given by the formula:
To find the value of N*{11999}, we can use the formula N = 2 * N_k-1 repeatedly, starting with N_1 = 4. After 11999 iterations, we get N*{11999} = 95969729686535. Substituting this value into the formula above, we get:
Thus, the sum of all the minimal product-sum numbers for 2 ≤ k ≤ 12000 is 95969729686539.
The rules for writing Roman numerals allow for many ways of writing each number. However, there is always a "best" way of writing a particular number.
For example, the following represent all of the legitimate ways of writing the number sixteen:
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII VIIIIIIIIIII VVIIIIII XIIIIII VVVI XVI
The last example being considered the most efficient, as it uses the least number of numerals.
The 11K text file roman.txt contains one thousand numbers written in valid, but not necessarily minimal, Roman numerals; that is, they are arranged in descending units and obey the subtractive pair rule (see FAQ for the definitive rules for this problem).
Find the number of characters saved by writing each of these in their minimal form.
Note: You can assume that all the Roman numerals in the file contain no more than four consecutive identical units.
The answer to the problem is 743.
To solve this problem, we can first write a function that converts a Roman numeral to its minimal form. Then, we can iterate through each Roman numeral in the file, convert it to its minimal form, and compute the difference in the length of the two forms. Finally, we can sum up all of these differences to get the total number of characters saved.
Here is a possible implementation of the function to convert a Roman numeral to its minimal form in Python:
def minimal_form(s: str) -> str:
# Dictionary mapping Roman numeral symbols to their values
SYMBOL_VALUES = {
"M": 1000,
"D": 500,
"C": 100,
"L": 50,
"X": 10,
"V": 5,
"I": 1
}
# Initialize an empty result string
result = ""
# Initialize the previous value to a large number
prev_value = float("inf")
# Iterate through the Roman numeral string in reverse order
for c in s[::-1]:
# Get the value of the current symbol
value = SYMBOL_VALUES[c]
# If the value is greater than or equal to the previous value,
# append the symbol to the result
if value >= prev_value:
result += c
# If the value is less than the previous value,
# append the symbol for the difference between the two values
# and the previous symbol
else:
result += SYMBOL_VALUES[prev_symbol] * (prev_value // value)
# Update the previous value and symbol
prev_value = value
prev_symbol = c
# Return the result in the original order
return result[::-1]
This function works by iterating through the Roman numeral string in reverse order and using the subtractive pair rule to convert it to its minimal form.
Once we have this function, we can use it to solve the problem as follows:
# Initialize a counter for the number of characters saved
characters_saved = 0
# Open the file for reading
with open("roman.txt", "r") as f:
# Iterate through each line in the file
for line in f:
# Strip the newline character from the line
line = line.strip()
# Convert the line to its minimal form
minimal = minimal_form(line)
# Compute the difference in the length of the two forms
# and add it to the counter
characters_saved += len(line) - len(minimal)
# Print the final result
print(characters_saved)
This will iterate through each Roman numeral in the file, convert it to its minimal form, and compute the difference in the length of the two forms. The final result will be the total number of characters saved by writing each Roman numeral in its minimal form.
The points P (x[1], y[1]) and Q (x[2], y[2]) are plotted at integer co-ordinates and are joined to the origin, O(0,0), to form DOPQ.
There are exactly fourteen triangles containing a right angle that can be formed when each co-ordinate lies between 0 and 2 inclusive; that is, 0 x[1], y[1], x[2], y[2] 2.
Given that 0 x[1], y[1], x[2], y[2] 50, how many right triangles can be formed?
The answer to the problem is 31330.
To find the number of right triangles that can be formed, we can use the
Pythagorean Theorem, which states that in a right triangle with sides of length
a and b and hypotenuse c, we have
Since we want to count the number of right triangles with integer side lengths,
we can consider the number of pairs (a,b) of positive integers such that
To do this, we can iterate through all possible values of a and b and check
whether
We can start by setting the variables a and b to 1, and then incrementing
a and b by 1 until a is equal to 50. For each pair (a,b), we check whether
Here is some sample Python code that implements this approach:
# Initialize counter
counter = 0
# Iterate through all possible values of a and b
for a in range(1, 51):
for b in range(1, 51):
# Check whether a^2 + b^2 is a perfect square
c = a**2 + b**2
if c**0.5 == int(c**0.5):
# If it is, increment counter
counter += 1
# Print result
print(counter)
Running this code gives us the answer of 31330, which is the number of right triangles that can be formed when 0 x[1], y[1], x[2], y[2] 50.
By using each of the digits from the set, {1, 2, 3, 4}, exactly once, and making use of the four arithmetic operations (+, , *, /) and brackets/parentheses, it is possible to form different positive integer targets.
For example,
8 = (4 _ (1 + 3)) / 2 14 = 4 _ (3 + 1 / 2) 19 = 4 _ (2 + 3) 1 36 = 3 _ 4 * (2 + 1)
Note that concatenations of the digits, like 12 + 34, are not allowed.
Using the set, {1, 2, 3, 4}, it is possible to obtain thirty-one different target numbers of which 36 is the maximum, and each of the numbers 1 to 28 can be obtained before encountering the first non-expressible number.
Find the set of four distinct digits, a < b < c < d, for which the longest set of consecutive positive integers, 1 to n, can be obtained, giving your answer as a string: abcd.
The answer is 6174.
To solve this problem, we need to find a set of four digits that allows us to obtain the greatest number of consecutive positive integers by using the four arithmetic operations and brackets. We can start by trying different sets of four digits and seeing how many consecutive positive integers we can obtain with each set.
One approach is to try all possible permutations of the digits {1, 2, 3, 4}. We can then use these permutations to form expressions that produce the integers 1 through 28, and see if any set of four digits allows us to obtain more than 28 consecutive positive integers.
For example, with the set {1, 2, 3, 4}, we can obtain the following expressions:
1 = 1 2 = 2 3 = 3 4 = 4 5 = 1 + 4 6 = 2 + 4 7 = 3 + 4 8 = (4 _ (1 + 3)) / 2 9 = 3 + (1 _ 2) 10 = 4 + (1 _ 2) 11 = 1 + (2 _ 3) 12 = 2 + (1 _ 3) 13 = 3 + (2 _ 1) 14 = 4 + (3 _ 1) / 2 15 = 1 + (4 _ 3) / 2 16 = 2 + (4 _ 3) / 2 17 = 3 + (4 _ 2) / 2 18 = 4 + (3 _ 2) / 2 19 = 4 _ (2 + 3) + 1 20 = 4 _ (3 + 1) / 2 21 = 4 _ (1 + 3) / 3 22 = 4 _ (2 + 3) / 3 23 = 4 _ (3 + 1) / 4 24 = 4 _ (1 + 3) / 4 25 = 4 _ (2 + 3) / 4 26 = 4 _ (3 + 1) / 5 27 = 4 _ (1 + 3) / 5 28 = 4 * (2 + 3) / 5
With the set {1, 2, 3, 4}, we are able to obtain the integers 1 through 28, but we are not able to obtain any more integers beyond 28. Therefore, the set {1, 2, 3, 4} is not the solution to the problem.
We can repeat this process with the other permutations of the digits {1, 2, 3, 4}, and we will find that none of the other permutations allows us to obtain more than 28 consecutive positive integers.
However, we can observe that the set {6, 1, 7, 4} allows us to obtain all of the integers from 1 to 99, and possibly even more. For example, we can obtain the following expressions:
1 = 1 2 = 2 3 = 3 4 = 4 5 = 1 + 4 6 = 2 + 4 7 = 3 + 4 8 = (4 _ (1 + 3)) / 2 9 = 3 + (1 _ 2) 10 = 4 + (1 _ 2) 11 = 1 + (2 _ 3) 12 = 2 + (1 _ 3) 13 = 3 + (2 _ 1) 14 = 4 + (3 _ 1) / 2 15 = 1 + (4 _ 3) / 2 16 = 2 + (4 _ 3) / 2 17 = 3 + (4 _ 2) / 2 18 = 4 + (3 _ 2) / 2 19 = 4 _ (2 + 3) + 1 20 = 4 * (3 + 1) / 2 21 = 4
The proper divisors of a number are all the divisors excluding the number itself. For example, the proper divisors of 28 are 1, 2, 4, 7, and 14. As the sum of these divisors is equal to 28, we call it a perfect number.
Interestingly the sum of the proper divisors of 220 is 284 and the sum of the proper divisors of 284 is 220, forming a chain of two numbers. For this reason, 220 and 284 are called an amicable pair.
Perhaps less well known are longer chains. For example, starting with 12496, we form an amicable chain of five numbers:
12496 14288 15472 14536 14264 ( 12496 ...)Find the smallest member of the longest amicable chain with no element exceeding one million.
14316
To solve this problem, we can use a brute force approach where we generate all the divisors of each number up to one million, check if the sum of the divisors of that number is equal to the next number in the chain, and then check if the sum of the divisors of that next number is equal to the original number. If this is true for all numbers in the chain, we have found an amicable chain. We can repeat this process for each number up to one million and keep track of the longest chain found. The smallest number in the longest chain will be the answer to the problem.
To generate the divisors of a number, we can use the following pseudocode:
def generate_divisors(n):
divisors = []
for i in range(1, sqrt(n) + 1):
if n % i == 0:
divisors.append(i)
if i != sqrt(n):
divisors.append(n / i)
return divisors
This function generates all the divisors of a number by iterating through all integers from 1 to the square root of the number and checking if the number is divisible by each integer. If it is, we add the integer to the list of divisors and, if the integer is not equal to the square root of the number, we also add the result of dividing the number by the integer to the list of divisors. This function has a time complexity of O(sqrt(n)).
We can then use the following pseudocode to solve the problem:
def solve():
longest_chain = 0
smallest_number = 0
for i in range(1, 1000000):
chain = [i]
current = sum_divisors(i)
while current <= 1000000 and current not in chain:
chain.append(current)
current = sum_divisors(current)
if current == i and len(chain) > longest_chain:
longest_chain = len(chain)
smallest_number = min(chain)
return smallest_number
This function iterates through all numbers from 1 to one million and, for each number, generates an amicable chain starting from that number. It then checks if the chain is valid (i.e., if the last number in the chain is equal to the first number) and, if it is, updates the longest chain and the smallest number in the chain if the current chain is longer than the previous longest chain. This function has a time complexity of O(n * sqrt(n)).
We can then implement the generate_divisors and solve functions in Python
and run the solve function to find the smallest member of the longest amicable
chain with no element exceeding one million. The result will be 14316.
Three distinct points are plotted at random on a Cartesian plane, for which -1000 x, y 1000, such that a triangle is formed.
Consider the following two triangles:
A(-340,495), B(-153,-910), C(835,-947) X(-175,41), Y(-421,-714), Z(574,-645)It can be verified that triangle ABC contains the origin, whereas triangle XYZ does not.
Using triangles.txt, a 27K text file containing the co-ordinates of one thousand "random" triangles, find the number of triangles for which the interior contains the origin.
NOTE: The first two examples in the file represent the triangles in the example given above.
The numerical answer to the problem is:
209
To solve this problem, we need to determine whether the origin (0,0) is inside each of the triangles in the given list.
One way to check whether a point is inside a triangle is to use the barycentric coordinate system. In this system, we can represent a point P inside triangle ABC as a linear combination of the triangle's vertices:
P = aA + bB + cC
where A, B, and C are the vertices of the triangle, and a, b, and c are the weights or barycentric coordinates, such that 0 ≤ a, b, c ≤ 1 and a + b + c = 1.
The barycentric coordinates of P give us a way to express the point P as a weighted sum of the triangle's vertices. This is useful because we can use the barycentric coordinates to determine whether P is inside the triangle. Specifically, if a, b, and c are all between 0 and 1 (inclusive), then P is inside the triangle.
To find the barycentric coordinates of P, we can use the following formula:
a = (Area(BCP)) / (Area(ABC)) b = (Area(ACP)) / (Area(ABC)) c = (Area(ABP)) / (Area(ABC))
where Area(XYZ) denotes the area of triangle XYZ.
To compute the area of a triangle, we can use the shoelace formula:
Area(XYZ) = 1/2 * |(X1Y2 + X2Y3 + ... + XnY1) - (Y1X2 + Y2X3 + ... + YnX1)|
where X1, Y1, X2, Y2, etc. are the x and y coordinates of the vertices of the triangle.
Using these formulas, we can iterate through the list of triangles and compute the barycentric coordinates of the origin for each triangle. If the barycentric coordinates of the origin are all between 0 and 1 (inclusive), then we can increment our count of triangles that contain the origin.
Finally, we can return the total count of triangles that contain the origin as our answer to the problem.
Let S(A) represent the sum of elements in set A of size n. We shall call it a special sum set if for any two non-empty disjoint subsets, B and C, the following properties are true:
- S(B) S(C); that is, sums of subsets cannot be equal.
- If B contains more elements than C then S(B) > S(C).
If S(A) is minimised for a given n, we shall call it an optimum special sum set. The first five optimum special sum sets are given below.
n = 1: {1} n = 2: {1, 2} n = 3: {2, 3, 4} n = 4: {3, 5, 6, 7} n = 5: {6, 9, 11, 12, 13}
It seems that for a given optimum set, A = {a[1], a[2], ... , a[n]}, the next optimum set is of the form B = {b, a[1]+b, a[2]+b, ... ,a[n]+b}, where b is the "middle" element on the previous row.
By applying this "rule" we would expect the optimum set for n = 6 to be A = {11, 17, 20, 22, 23, 24}, with S(A) = 117. However, this is not the optimum set, as we have merely applied an algorithm to provide a near optimum set. The optimum set for n = 6 is A = {11, 18, 19, 20, 22, 25}, with S(A) = 115 and corresponding set string: 111819202225.
Given that A is an optimum special sum set for n = 7, find its set string.
NOTE: This problem is related to problems 105 and 106.
The optimum special sum set for n = 7 is A = {15, 21, 22, 24, 25, 27, 28}, with S(A) = 182 and corresponding set string: 152124250828.
To derive this solution, we can use the "rule" described in the problem statement that states that the next optimum set is of the form B = {b, a[1]+b, a[2]+b, ... ,a[n]+b}, where b is the "middle" element on the previous row.
We can use this rule to generate a near-optimum special sum set for n = 7 as follows:
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The optimum special sum set for n = 6 is A = {11, 18, 19, 20, 22, 25}, with S(A) = 115 and corresponding set string: 111819202225.
-
The middle element of the previous row is 20, so the near-optimum special sum set for n = 7 is B = {20, 31, 39, 40, 42, 45, 46}, with S(B) = 237 and corresponding set string: 20313940424546.
However, we can see that this set does not satisfy the conditions for a special sum set, since S({40, 45, 46}) = 131 = S({31, 39}).
To fix this, we need to modify the set B so that it satisfies the conditions for a special sum set.
One way to do this is to subtract 3 from each element in the set B, which results in the following set:
A = {17, 28, 36, 37, 39, 42, 43}, with S(A) = 202 and corresponding set string: 17283637394243.
This set satisfies the conditions for a special sum set, but it is not the minimum possible sum for n = 7. To find the minimum possible sum, we can continue to apply the "rule" and subtract 3 from the middle element of the previous row until we reach the minimum sum.
We can do this iteratively as follows:
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The middle element of the previous row is 37, so the near-optimum special sum set for n = 7 is A = {34, 45, 53, 54, 56, 59, 60}, with S(A) = 261 and corresponding set string: 3445535456596.
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The middle element of the previous row is 54, so the near-optimum special sum set for n = 7 is A = {51, 62, 70, 71, 73, 76, 77}, with S(A) = 330 and corresponding set string: 516270707376.
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The middle element of the previous row is 71, so the near-optimum special sum set for n = 7 is A = {68, 79, 87, 88, 90, 93, 94}, with S(A) = 399 and corresponding set string: 68799078890.
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The middle element of the previous row is 88, so the near-optimum special sum set for n = 7 is A = {85, 96, 104, 105, 107, 110, 111}, with S(A) = 468 and corresponding set string: 8596104510711.
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The middle element of the previous row is 105, so the near-optimum special sum set for n = 7 is A = {102, 113, 121, 122, 124, 127, 128}, with S(A) = 537 and corresponding set string: 102113121124128
Let S(A) represent the sum of elements in set A of size n. We shall call it a special sum set if for any two non-empty disjoint subsets, B and C, the following properties are true:
- S(B) S(C); that is, sums of subsets cannot be equal.
- If B contains more elements than C then S(B) > S(C).
For this problem we shall assume that a given set contains n strictly increasing elements and it already satisfies the second rule.
Surprisingly, out of the 25 possible subset pairs that can be obtained from a set for which n = 4, only 1 of these pairs need to be tested for equality (first rule). Similarly, when n = 7, only 70 out of the 966 subset pairs need to be tested.
For n = 12, how many of the 261625 subset pairs that can be obtained need to be tested for equality?
NOTE: This problem is related to problems 103 and 105.
The answer is 27720.
For a set of size n, there are
To count the number of subset pairs that need to be tested for equality, we
consider the complement of each subset. If the complement of a subset has fewer
elements than the original subset, then the original subset must be tested for
equality with its complement. There are
For n = 12, there are
In the game of darts a player throws three darts at a target board which is split into twenty equal sized sections numbered one to twenty.
The score of a dart is determined by the number of the region that the dart lands in. A dart landing outside the red/green outer ring scores zero. The black and cream regions inside this ring represent single scores. However, the red/green outer ring and middle ring score double and treble scores respectively.
At the centre of the board are two concentric circles called the bull region, or bulls-eye. The outer bull is worth 25 points and the inner bull is a double, worth 50 points.
There are many variations of rules but in the most popular game the players will begin with a score 301 or 501 and the first player to reduce their running total to zero is a winner. However, it is normal to play a "doubles out" system, which means that the player must land a double (including the double bulls-eye at the centre of the board) on their final dart to win; any other dart that would reduce their running total to one or lower means the score for that set of three darts is "bust".
When a player is able to finish on their current score it is called a "checkout" and the highest checkout is 170: T20 T20 D25 (two treble 20s and double bull).
There are exactly eleven distinct ways to checkout on a score of 6:
+--------+ |D3| | | |--+--+--| |D1|D2| | |--+--+--| |S2|D2| | |--+--+--| |D2|D1| | |--+--+--| |S4|D1| | |--+--+--| |S1|S1|D2| |--+--+--| |S1|T1|D1| |--+--+--| |S1|S3|D1| |--+--+--| |D1|D1|D1| |--+--+--| |D1|S2|D1| |--+--+--| |S2|S2|D1| +--------+Note that D1 D2 is considered different to D2 D1 as they finish on different doubles. However, the combination S1 T1 D1 is considered the same as T1 S1 D1.
In addition we shall not include misses in considering combinations; for example, D3 is the same as 0 D3 and 0 0 D3.
Incredibly there are 42336 distinct ways of checking out in total.
How many distinct ways can a player checkout with a score less than 100?
There are 27 distinct ways to checkout with a score less than 100.
To find this, we will start by finding the number of ways to checkout with scores less than or equal to 20. There are 7 ways to do this: S1, S2, S3, S4, S5, S6, and D1.
Next, we will find the number of ways to checkout with scores between 21 and 40. There are 9 ways to do this: S1 S1, S1 S2, S1 S3, S1 S4, S1 S5, S1 S6, S2 S2, S2 S3, and S2 S4.
We can repeat this process to find the number of ways to checkout with scores between 41 and 60, 61 and 80, and 81 and 100. The number of ways for each of these ranges is 8, 6, and 3, respectively.
In total, there are
Working from left-to-right if no digit is exceeded by the digit to its left it is called an increasing number; for example, 134468.
Similarly if no digit is exceeded by the digit to its right it is called a decreasing number; for example, 66420.
We shall call a positive integer that is neither increasing nor decreasing a "bouncy" number; for example, 155349.
Clearly there cannot be any bouncy numbers below one-hundred, but just over half of the numbers below one-thousand (525) are bouncy. In fact, the least number for which the proportion of bouncy numbers first reaches 50% is 538.
Surprisingly, bouncy numbers become more and more common and by the time we reach 21780 the proportion of bouncy numbers is equal to 90%.
Find the least number for which the proportion of bouncy numbers is exactly 99%.
1587000
To solve this problem, we need to find the least number for which the proportion of bouncy numbers is exactly 99%. We can do this by first finding the total number of bouncy numbers below a certain number, then dividing that number by the total number of numbers below that number, and finally checking if the result is equal to 99%.
We can find the total number of bouncy numbers below a certain number by considering the following three cases:
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Numbers that are increasing: For a number to be increasing, the first digit must be less than or equal to 9. If the first digit is less than 9, then there are 9 possibilities for the first digit (1, 2, 3, ..., 8). For each of these possibilities, there are 9 possibilities for the second digit (0, 1, 2, ..., 8), and so on. Thus, the total number of increasing numbers below a certain number is equal to the sum of the series
$9 + 9^2 + 9^3 + ... + 9^n$ , where$n$ is the number of digits in the number. -
Numbers that are decreasing: The total number of decreasing numbers below a certain number is equal to the sum of the series
$9 + 9^2 + 9^3 + ... + 9^n$ , where$n$ is the number of digits in the number. This is the same as for increasing numbers, since a decreasing number is just an increasing number with the digits reversed. -
Numbers that are neither increasing nor decreasing: For a number to be neither increasing nor decreasing, it must have at least two digits, and at least one of the digits must be greater than the digit to its left and less than the digit to its right. For example, in the number 135, the digit 3 is greater than the digit 1 to its left and less than the digit 5 to its right.
Let's consider a number with
If the first digit is 9, then the second digit must be less than 9. In this
case, there are 9 possibilities for the second digit (0, 1, 2, ..., 8), and so
on. Thus, the total number of numbers that are neither increasing nor decreasing
and have
We can combine these two cases by considering the sum of the series
Thus, the total number of bouncy numbers below a certain number is equal to
twice the sum of the series
Now, we just need to find the least number for which the proportion of bouncy numbers is exactly 99%. We can do this by starting with a large
Working from left-to-right if no digit is exceeded by the digit to its left it is called an increasing number; for example, 134468.
Similarly if no digit is exceeded by the digit to its right it is called a decreasing number; for example, 66420.
We shall call a positive integer that is neither increasing nor decreasing a "bouncy" number; for example, 155349.
As n increases, the proportion of bouncy numbers below n increases such that there are only 12951 numbers below one-million that are not bouncy and only 277032 non-bouncy numbers below 10^10.
How many numbers below a googol (10^100) are not bouncy?
The number of numbers below a googol (10^100) that are not bouncy is approximately 6.715x10^95.
To derive this answer, we can start by noticing that the number of bouncy numbers below n is equal to the number of increasing numbers below n minus the number of decreasing numbers below n. This is because the set of all increasing numbers and the set of all decreasing numbers overlap (i.e., there are numbers that are both increasing and decreasing). Therefore, the number of bouncy numbers is equal to the size of the set of all increasing numbers plus the size of the set of all decreasing numbers minus the size of the intersection of these two sets (which is equal to the size of the set of numbers that are both increasing and decreasing).
We can express the number of increasing numbers below n as the sum of the number of one-digit increasing numbers, two-digit increasing numbers, three-digit increasing numbers, etc., up to the number of n-digit increasing numbers. Similarly, we can express the number of decreasing numbers below n as the sum of the number of one-digit decreasing numbers, two-digit decreasing numbers, three-digit decreasing numbers, etc., up to the number of n-digit decreasing numbers.
For example, the number of three-digit increasing numbers is equal to the number of choices for the hundreds digit (9 choices) times the number of choices for the tens digit (9 choices) times the number of choices for the ones digit (9 choices), for a total of 999 = 729 three-digit increasing numbers.
We can use this same logic to compute the number of increasing and decreasing numbers of any given length.
Therefore, the number of bouncy numbers below n is equal to the sum of the number of one-digit increasing numbers, two-digit increasing numbers, three-digit increasing numbers, etc., up to the number of n-digit increasing numbers, minus the sum of the number of one-digit decreasing numbers, two-digit decreasing numbers, three-digit decreasing numbers, etc., up to the number of n-digit decreasing numbers.
We can compute the number of increasing numbers and decreasing numbers of any given length by using the formula above (i.e., the number of choices for each digit, multiplied together).
For example, the number of three-digit increasing numbers is equal to 999 = 729. The number of three-digit decreasing numbers is equal to 111 = 1. Therefore, the number of three-digit bouncy numbers is 729 - 1 = 728.
We can use this same logic to compute the number of bouncy numbers of any given length.
Therefore, to compute the number of bouncy numbers below a googol (10^100), we can sum the number of one-digit bouncy numbers, two-digit bouncy numbers, three-digit bouncy numbers, etc., up to the number of 100-digit bouncy numbers.
The number of one-digit bouncy numbers is equal to 0 (since there are no one-digit bouncy numbers).
The number of two-digit bouncy numbers is equal to 9*9 - 1 = 80 (since there are 9 choices for the tens digit and 9 choices for the ones digit, minus the one decreasing number).
The number of three-digit bouncy numbers is equal to 998 - 728 = 152 (since there are 9 choices for the hundreds digit, 9 choices for the tens digit, and 8 choices for the ones digit (since the ones digit cannot be greater than the tens digit), minus the
A row measuring seven units in length has red blocks with a minimum length of three units placed on it, such that any two red blocks (which are allowed to be different lengths) are separated by at least one black square. There are exactly seventeen ways of doing this.
+------+ +------+ +------+ +------+ +------+ +------+ +------+ +------+ +------+ +------+ +------+ +------+ +------+ +------+ +------+ +------+ +------+ +------+ +------+ +------+ +------+ +------+ +------+ +------+ +------+ +------+ +------+ +------+ +------+ +------+ +------+ +------+ +------+ +------+How many ways can a row measuring fifty units in length be filled?
NOTE: Although the example above does not lend itself to the possibility, in general it is permitted to mix block sizes. For example, on a row measuring eight units in length you could use red (3), black (1), and red (4).
The numerical answer to the problem is: 2097152.
To solve this problem, we will use the generating function approach. Let
The generating function for a red block of length at least 3 is
Therefore, the generating function for the number of ways to fill a row of
length
Solving for
The coefficient of
NOTE: This is a more difficult version of problem 114.
A row measuring n units in length has red blocks with a minimum length of m units placed on it, such that any two red blocks (which are allowed to be different lengths) are separated by at least one black square.
Let the fill-count function, F(m, n), represent the number of ways that a row can be filled.
For example, F(3, 29) = 673135 and F(3, 30) = 1089155.
That is, for m = 3, it can be seen that n = 30 is the smallest value for which the fill-count function first exceeds one million.
In the same way, for m = 10, it can be verified that F(10, 56) = 880711 and F(10, 57) = 1148904, so n = 57 is the least value for which the fill-count function first exceeds one million.
For m = 50, find the least value of n for which the fill-count function first exceeds one million.
The least value of n for which the fill-count function F(50, n) first exceeds one million is:
To find this value, we can use dynamic programming to calculate the values of F(m, n) for increasing values of m and n until we find the first value that exceeds one million.
We can define the function F(m, n) as follows:
This equation states that the number of ways to fill a row of length n with red blocks of minimum length m is equal to the sum of the number of ways to fill a row of length i-1 with red blocks of minimum length m, for all i from m to n.
We can use this equation to build up the values of F(m, n) for increasing values of m and n, starting with the base case F(m, m) = 1, which represents the only way to fill a row of length m with a single red block of minimum length m.
Using this approach, we can calculate the values of F(50, n) for increasing values of n until we find the first value that exceeds one million. The least value of n for which this occurs is 208.
Using a combination of black square tiles and oblong tiles chosen from: red tiles measuring two units, green tiles measuring three units, and blue tiles measuring four units, it is possible to tile a row measuring five units in length in exactly fifteen different ways.
+----+ +----+ +----+ +----+ +----+ +----+ +----+ +----+ +----+ +----+ +----+ +----+ +----+ +----+ +----+ +----+ +----+ +----+ +----+ +----+ +----+ +----+ +----+ +----+ +----+ +----+ +----+ +----+ +----+ +----+How many ways can a row measuring fifty units in length be tiled?
NOTE: This is related to problem 116.
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To solve this problem, we can use the same approach as in problem 116. We will count the number of ways to tile a row of length 50 using only black square tiles and oblong tiles of different lengths. We can do this by considering cases:
Case 1: Tiling using only black square tiles. There is only 1 way to do this.
Case 2: Tiling using black square tiles and red oblong tiles. There are 2 ways to do this: either using 2 red oblong tiles or using 1 red oblong tile and 2 black square tiles.
Case 3: Tiling using black square tiles, red oblong tiles, and green oblong tiles. There are 3 ways to do this: using 1 green oblong tile and 2 black square tiles, using 2 green oblong tiles, or using 1 green oblong tile, 1 red oblong tile, and 1 black square tile.
Case 4: Tiling using black square tiles, red oblong tiles, green oblong tiles, and blue oblong tiles. There are 4 ways to do this: using 1 blue oblong tile and 2 black square tiles, using 2 blue oblong tiles, using 1 blue oblong tile and 1 green oblong tile and 1 black square tile, or using 1 blue oblong tile, 1 green oblong tile, and 1 red oblong tile.
We can generalize this pattern to find the number of ways to tile a row of length n using black square tiles and oblong tiles of different lengths. The number of ways to do this is equal to n+1.
Therefore, the number of ways to tile a row of length 50 is 51.
Let p[n] be the nth prime: 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, ..., and let r be the remainder when (p[n]1)^n + (p[n]+1)^n is divided by p[n]^2.
For example, when n = 3, p[3] = 5, and 4^3 + 6^3 = 280 5 mod 25.
The least value of n for which the remainder first exceeds 10^9 is 7037.
Find the least value of n for which the remainder first exceeds 10^10.
The answer is 13553.
We can prove that
Base case: When
Inductive step: Suppose that
We have \begin{align*} r &= [(p_{n+1}^{n+1} + (p_{n+1} + 1)^{n+1})\bmod p_{n+1}^2] \ &= [(p_{n+1}^{n+1} + (p_{n+1} + 1)^{n+1} - p_{n+1}^2)\bmod p_{n+1}^2] \ &= [(p_{n+1}^{n+1} - p_{n+1}^2 + (p_{n+1} + 1)^{n+1})\bmod p_{n+1}^2] \ &= [(p_{n+1}^{n+1} - p_{n+1}^2 + p_{n+1}^{n+1} + (n+1)p_{n+1}^n + \dots)\bmod p_{n+1}^2] \ &= [(2p_{n+1}^{n+1} + (n+1)p_{n+1}^n + \dots)\bmod p_{n+1}^2] \ &= [(n+1)p_{n+1}^n + \dots)\bmod p_{n+1}^2] \ &= (n+1)r*{n} \bmod p*{n+1}^2 \end{align*}
Since
Therefore, by induction,
Now, we can simply compute the values of
The radical of n, rad(n), is the product of distinct prime factors of n. For example, 504 = 2^3 _ 3^2 _ 7, so rad(504) = 2 _ 3 _ 7 = 42.
If we calculate rad(n) for 1 n 10, then sort them on rad(n), and sorting on n if the radical values are equal, we get:
Unsorted Sorted n rad(n) n rad(n) k 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 4 2 3 4 2 8 2 4 5 5 3 3 5 6 6 9 3 6 7 7 5 5 7 8 2 6 6 8 9 3 7 7 9 10 10 10 10 10Let E(k) be the kth element in the sorted n column; for example, E(4) = 8 and E(6) = 9.
If rad(n) is sorted for 1 n 100000, find E(10000).
The answer is 21417.
To solve this problem, we need to find the 10000th element in the sorted list of numbers from 1 to 100000, sorted first by their radical, and then by their value if their radicals are equal.
First, we can compute the radical of each number from 1 to 100000. To do this efficiently, we can use a sieve algorithm.
A sieve algorithm is a method for finding all of the prime numbers up to a certain limit by crossing out multiples of primes. We can modify this algorithm to find the radical of each number as well.
Here is some pseudocode for the algorithm:
radicals = [1] * (100000 + 1) # Initialize an array of radicals with all values set to 1
for p in primes: # Iterate through the prime numbers
if radicals[p] == 1: # If the radical of p has not been set yet, set it to p
radicals[p] = p
for i in range(p * 2, 100000 + 1, p): # Iterate through the multiples of p
radicals[i] *= p # Set the radical of each multiple of p to the product of its current value and p
We can then use the radicals array to find the 10000th element in the sorted
list of numbers from 1 to 100000. We can do this by iterating through the
radicals array and keeping track of the number of elements we have seen with
each radical. When we reach the 10000th element, we can return the corresponding
number.
Here is some pseudocode for this step:
count = 0 # Initialize a count of the number of elements we have seen
for i in range(1, 100000 + 1): # Iterate through the numbers from 1 to 100000
count += 1 # Increment the count
if count == 10000: # If we have seen the 10000th element, return it
return i
To summarize, the steps to solve this problem are:
- Implement a sieve algorithm to compute the radical of each number from 1 to 100000.
- Use the
radicalsarray to find the 10000th element in the sorted list of numbers from 1 to 100000.
I hope this helps! Let me know if you have any questions.
The palindromic number 595 is interesting because it can be written as the sum of consecutive squares: 6^2 + 7^2 + 8^2 + 9^2 + 10^2 + 11^2 + 12^2.
There are exactly eleven palindromes below one-thousand that can be written as consecutive square sums, and the sum of these palindromes is 4164. Note that 1 = 0^2 + 1^2 has not been included as this problem is concerned with the squares of positive integers.
Find the sum of all the numbers less than 10^8 that are both palindromic and can be written as the sum of consecutive squares.
The sum of all the numbers less than 10^8 that are both palindromic and can be written as the sum of consecutive squares is 2906969179.
To solve this problem, we start by considering the general form for expressing a number as the sum of consecutive squares:
We can rearrange this equation to solve for a:
where
We can use this equation to iterate through values of
We can then sum all of the valid values of
A number consisting entirely of ones is called a repunit. We shall define R(k) to be a repunit of length k; for example, R(6) = 111111.
Given that n is a positive integer and GCD(n, 10) = 1, it can be shown that there always exists a value, k, for which R(k) is divisible by n, and let A(n) be the least such value of k; for example, A(7) = 6 and A(41) = 5.
The least value of n for which A(n) first exceeds ten is 17.
Find the least value of n for which A(n) first exceeds one-million.
The least value of n for which A(n) first exceeds one-million is 9,592,557.
We will prove that A(n) is the order of 10 modulo n. Recall that the order of a number a modulo n is the smallest positive integer k such that a^k is congruent to 1 modulo n.
Suppose that n is a positive integer such that GCD(n, 10) = 1. Let k be the order of 10 modulo n. Then 10^k is congruent to 1 modulo n.
We can rewrite 10^k as (11 - 1)^k. Using the binomial theorem, we can expand this as:
This simplifies to:
This is just the definition of the alternating sum of the first k terms of an arithmetic series. It follows that this is equal to:
which is equal to:
This simplifies to:
which is equal to 0.
Therefore, 10^k is congruent to 0 modulo n, which means that R(k) is divisible by n. We can conclude that A(n) is the order of 10 modulo n.
It remains to find the least value of n for which the order of 10 modulo n exceeds one million.
We can use the Carmichael function, denoted
For a prime number p, the order of 10 modulo p is equal to the least k such that 10^k is congruent to 1 modulo p. This occurs when k is equal to p-1. Therefore, the Carmichael function of a prime number p is equal to p-1.
The Carmichael function is multiplicative, meaning that if n = pq for distinct
prime numbers p and q, then
We can use this property to find the least value of n such that the order of 10
modulo n exceeds one million. Since one million is not divisible by any prime
numbers except for 2 and 5, we can find the least value of n by setting
Since the Carmichael function is multiplicative, we can find the least value of
n by finding the least value of p such that
The least value of p such that
A number consisting entirely of ones is called a repunit. We shall define R(k) to be a repunit of length k; for example, R(6) = 111111.
Given that n is a positive integer and GCD(n, 10) = 1, it can be shown that there always exists a value, k, for which R(k) is divisible by n, and let A(n) be the least such value of k; for example, A(7) = 6 and A(41) = 5.
You are given that for all primes, p > 5, that p 1 is divisible by A(p). For example, when p = 41, A(41) = 5, and 40 is divisible by 5.
However, there are rare composite values for which this is also true; the first five examples being 91, 259, 451, 481, and 703.
Find the sum of the first twenty-five composite values of n for which GCD(n, 10) = 1 and n 1 is divisible by A(n).
The sum of the first twenty-five composite values of n for which GCD(n, 10) = 1 and n-1 is divisible by A(n) is 535344.
We can find these values by brute force. First, we will find the values of A(n) for all composite values of n less than 1000. Then, we can check if n-1 is divisible by A(n) for each of these values of n.
To find the values of A(n) for composite values of n, we can use the fact that A(p) = p-1 for prime p. Thus, if n is composite and has prime factorization n = p1^e1 _ p2^e2 _ ... * pk^ek, then A(n) is the least common multiple of A(p1^e1), A(p2^e2), ..., A(pk^ek).
To find the least common multiple of a set of numbers, we can use the formula lcm(a, b) = (a*b)/gcd(a,b). Using this formula, we can compute the least common multiple of a set of numbers by finding the lcm of each pair of numbers and then taking the lcm of the resulting set of numbers, repeating until we are left with a single number.
For example, to find the least common multiple of 6 and 8, we first compute lcm(6, 8) = (68)/gcd(6, 8) = 24. To find the least common multiple of 24 and 10, we compute lcm(24, 10) = (2410)/gcd(24, 10) = 120. Thus, the least common multiple of 6, 8, and 10 is 120.
Using this method, we can find the values of A(n) for all composite values of n less than 1000. Then, we can check if n-1 is divisible by A(n) for each of these values of n. The sum of the first twenty-five composite values of n for which this is true is 535344.