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steady square numbers

Dec 29th, 2012
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  1. """puzzle from Labyrint van Occam
  2. """
  3. def extend(number, length):
  4.     """given a steady square number with length add extra digit"""
  5.     f = 10 ** length
  6.     f10 = 10 * f
  7.     for digit in range(10):
  8.         cand = f * digit + number
  9.         if cand == pow(cand, 2, f10):
  10.             return cand
  11.            
  12. def make_long(number, N):
  13.     """N: desired length of number"""
  14.     for i in xrange(1, N):
  15.         number = extend(number, i)
  16.     return number
  17.  
  18. def make_long5(N):
  19.     """N: desired length of number
  20.       simply square number and add digit i+1 to number (or
  21.       calculate number**2 % 10**i+1)
  22.    """
  23.     number = 5
  24.     p = 10
  25.     for i in xrange(1, N):
  26.         p *= 10
  27.         number = (number * number) % p
  28.     return number
  29.  
  30. NEXT6 = dict(zip("3710926485",[int(s) for s in "7390184625"]))    
  31. def make_long6(N):
  32.     """N: desired length of number
  33.    """
  34.     number = 6
  35.     p = 1
  36.     for i in xrange(1, N):
  37.         p *= 10
  38.         n = NEXT6[str(number * number)[-i-1]]
  39.         number += n * p
  40.     return number
  41.    
  42.    
  43. N = 100
  44.  
  45. N5 = make_long5(N)
  46. N6 = 10 ** N + 1 - N5
  47. print "{0:d}: {1:s}".format(5, str(N5).zfill(N))
  48. print "{0:d}: {1:s}".format(6, str(N6).zfill(N))
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