Monthly Archives: August 2010

Project Euler: Problem 8

Posted on August 9, 2010 by nimusi

Problem 8 in Project Euler is this Find the greatest product of five consecutive digits in the 1000-digit number. 73167176531330624919225119674426574742355349194934 96983520312774506326239578318016984801869478851843 85861560789112949495459501737958331952853208805511 12540698747158523863050715693290963295227443043557 66896648950445244523161731856403098711121722383113 62229893423380308135336276614282806444486645238749 30358907296290491560440772390713810515859307960866 70172427121883998797908792274921901699720888093776 65727333001053367881220235421809751254540594752243 52584907711670556013604839586446706324415722155397 53697817977846174064955149290862569321978468622482 83972241375657056057490261407972968652414535100474 82166370484403199890008895243450658541227588666881 16427171479924442928230863465674813919123162824586 17866458359124566529476545682848912883142607690042 24219022671055626321111109370544217506941658960408 07198403850962455444362981230987879927244284909188 84580156166097919133875499200524063689912560717606 05886116467109405077541002256983155200055935729725 71636269561882670428252483600823257530420752963450

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Project Euler: Problem 7

Posted on August 8, 2010 by nimusi

This is problem 7 on Project Euler: By listing the first six prime numbers: 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, and 13, we can see that the 6th prime is 13. What is the 10001st prime number?

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Project Euler: Problem 6

Posted on August 7, 2010 by nimusi

This is problem 6 on Project Euler: The sum of the squares of the first ten natural numbers is, 12 + 22 + … + 102 = 385 The square of the sum of the first ten natural numbers is, … Continue reading →

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Three Circles in a Square

Posted on August 6, 2010 by nimusi

Taking a break from Project Euler I have come across this problem recently It is obvious that we can fit four circles of diameter 1 unit in a square of side 2 units without overlapping. What is the smallest square … Continue reading →

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Favorite Films: A Matter of Life and Death

Posted on August 5, 2010 by nimusi

David Niven stars as a British airman during World War 2 whose plane is hit in dense fog. As the plane goes down he is talking to an American girl on the radio, who is trying to talk him home … Continue reading →

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