""" Project Euler Problem 135: https://projecteuler.net/problem=135 Given the positive integers, x, y, and z, are consecutive terms of an arithmetic progression, the least value of the positive integer, n, for which the equation, x2 - y2 - z2 = n, has exactly two solutions is n = 27: 342 - 272 - 202 = 122 - 92 - 62 = 27 It turns out that n = 1155 is the least value which has exactly ten solutions. How many values of n less than one million have exactly ten distinct solutions? Taking x, y, z of the form a + d, a, a - d respectively, the given equation reduces to a * (4d - a) = n. Calculating no of solutions for every n till 1 million by fixing a, and n must be a multiple of a. Total no of steps = n * (1/1 + 1/2 + 1/3 + 1/4 + ... + 1/n), so roughly O(nlogn) time complexity. """ def solution(limit: int = 1000000) -> int: """ returns the values of n less than or equal to the limit have exactly ten distinct solutions. >>> solution(100) 0 >>> solution(10000) 45 >>> solution(50050) 292 """ limit = limit + 1 frequency = [0] * limit for first_term in range(1, limit): for n in range(first_term, limit, first_term): common_difference = first_term + n / first_term if common_difference % 4: # d must be divisible by 4 continue else: common_difference /= 4 if ( first_term > common_difference and first_term < 4 * common_difference ): # since x, y, z are positive integers frequency[n] += 1 # so z > 0, a > d and 4d < a count = sum(1 for x in frequency[1:limit] if x == 10) return count if __name__ == "__main__": print(f"{solution() = }")