Problem 27
Euler discovered the remarkable quadratic formula:
It turns out that the formula will produce 40 primes for the consecutive values n = 0 to 39. However, when n = 40, 402 + 40 + 41 = 40(40 + 1) + 41 is divisible by 41, and certainly when n = 41, 412 + 41 + 41 is clearly divisible by 41.
The incredible formula n2 − 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:
n2 + an + b, where |a| < 1000 and |b| < 1000
where |n| is the modulus/absolute value of n
e.g. |11| = 11 and |−4| = 4
Find 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.
# 考虑二次多项式:n
2 + an + b, 满足|a| < 1000且|b| < 1000,这其中存在某个二次多项式能够对从0开始尽可能多的连续整数n都生成素数,求其系数a和b的乘积。
def isprime(n):
if n <= 1:
return False
for i in range(2,int(n**0.5+1)):
if n % i == 0:
return False
return True
num = 0
longest = 0
l = []
for a in range(-1000,1000):
for b in range(-1000,1001):
for n in range(100):
f = n**2 + a*n + b
if isprime(f):
num = n
continue
else:
break
if longest < num:
longest = num
l = [a,b]
print(longest)
print(l[1]*l[0])
结果:-59231