""" Project Euler Problem 77: https://projecteuler.net/problem=77 It is possible to write ten as the sum of primes in exactly five different ways: 7 + 3 5 + 5 5 + 3 + 2 3 + 3 + 2 + 2 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 What is the first value which can be written as the sum of primes in over five thousand different ways? """ from __future__ import annotations from functools import lru_cache from math import ceil NUM_PRIMES = 100 primes = set(range(3, NUM_PRIMES, 2)) primes.add(2) prime: int for prime in range(3, ceil(NUM_PRIMES**0.5), 2): if prime not in primes: continue primes.difference_update(set(range(prime * prime, NUM_PRIMES, prime))) @lru_cache(maxsize=100) def partition(number_to_partition: int) -> set[int]: """ Return a set of integers corresponding to unique prime partitions of n. The unique prime partitions can be represented as unique prime decompositions, e.g. (7+3) <-> 7*3 = 12, (3+3+2+2) = 3*3*2*2 = 36 >>> partition(10) {32, 36, 21, 25, 30} >>> partition(15) {192, 160, 105, 44, 112, 243, 180, 150, 216, 26, 125, 126} >>> len(partition(20)) 26 """ if number_to_partition < 0: return set() elif number_to_partition == 0: return {1} ret: set[int] = set() prime: int sub: int for prime in primes: if prime > number_to_partition: continue for sub in partition(number_to_partition - prime): ret.add(sub * prime) return ret def solution(number_unique_partitions: int = 5000) -> int | None: """ Return the smallest integer that can be written as the sum of primes in over m unique ways. >>> solution(4) 10 >>> solution(500) 45 >>> solution(1000) 53 """ for number_to_partition in range(1, NUM_PRIMES): if len(partition(number_to_partition)) > number_unique_partitions: return number_to_partition return None if __name__ == "__main__": print(f"{solution() = }")