#!/usr/bin/env python3 ######################################################################## # Solves problem 132 from projectEuler.net. # Finds the first 40 prime factors of 10^(10^9) - 1. # Copyright (C) 2011 Santiago Alessandri # # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify # it under the terms of the GNU 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 General Public License for more details. # # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License # along with this program. If not, see . # # You can contact me at san.lt.ss@gmail.com # Visit my wiki at http://wiki.san-ss.com.ar # Visit my blog at http://blog.san-ss.com.ar ######################################################################## from CommonFunctions import * from itertools import * if __name__ == '__main__': primes = find_primes_less_than(10 ** 6) base = 10 exp = 10 ** 9 result = sum(islice((p for p in primes if mod_pow(base, exp, 9 * p) == 1), 0, 40)) print("The result is:", result)