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//ProjectEuler/C++/Source/Problem27.cpp
//Matthew Ellison
// Created: 09-14-19
//Modified: 09-14-19
//Find the product of the coefficients, |a| < 1000 and |b| <= 1000, for the quadratic expression that produces the maximum number of primes for consecutive values of n, starting with n=0.
//Unless otherwise listed all non-standard includes are my own creation and available from https://bibucket.org/Mattrixwv/myClasses
/*
Copyright (C) 2019 Matthew Ellison
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
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*/
#include <string>
#include <sstream>
#include <cinttypes>
#include "Algorithms.hpp"
#include "../Headers/Problem27.hpp"
Problem27::Problem27(){
topA = topB = topN = 0;
primes = mee::getPrimes((int64_t)(12000));
}
void Problem27::solve(){
//If the problem has already been solved do nothing and end the function
if(solved){
return;
}
//Start the timer
timer.start();
//Start with the lowest possible A and check all possibilities after that
for(int64_t a = -999;a <= 999;++a){
//Start with the lowest possible B and check all possibilities after that
for(int64_t b = -1000;b <= 1000;++b){
//Start with n=0 and check the formula to see how many primes you can get with concecutive n's
int64_t n = 0;
int64_t quadratic = (n * n) + (a * n) + b;
while(mee::isFound(primes, quadratic)){
++n;
quadratic = (n * n) + (a * n) + b;
}
--n; //Negate an n because the last formula failed
//Set all the largest numbers if this created more primes than any other
if(n > topN){
topN = n;
topB = b;
topA = a;
}
}
}
//Stop the timer
timer.stop();
//Throw a flag to show the problem is solved
solved = true;
}
std::string Problem27::getString() const{
//If the problem hasn't been solved throw an exception
if(!solved){
throw unsolved();
}
std::stringstream results;
results << "The greatest number of primes found is " << topN
<< "\nIt was found with A = " << topA << ", B = " << topB
<< "\nThe product of A and B is " << topA * topB;
return results.str();
}
int64_t Problem27::getTopA() const{
//If the problem hasn't been solved throw an exception
if(!solved){
throw unsolved();
}
return topA;
}
int64_t Problem27::getTopB() const{
//If the problem hasn't been solved throw an exception
if(!solved){
throw unsolved();
}
return topB;
}
int64_t Problem27::getTopN() const{
//If the problem hasn't been solved throw an exception
if(!solved){
throw unsolved();
}
return topN;
}