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Attempt 2 at project euler #39, using some gained insight
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from fractions import gcd | |
def euler39betterorworse(): | |
sum_count = [0] * 1001 | |
triples_to_check = [] | |
for a in range(2000/3): | |
if a%100 == 0: | |
print "|", | |
for b in range(a+1): | |
for c in range(a+1,1001-a-b): | |
if a**2 + b**2 == c**2: | |
if gcd(a, b) == 1 and gcd(a, c) == 1 and gcd(b, c) == 1: | |
for i in range(1, 1000/(a+b+c) + 1): | |
sum_count[a*i + b*i + c*i] += 1 | |
return sum_count.index(max(sum_count)) |
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