#!/usr/bin/env python3 ######################################################################## # Solves problem 329 from projectEuler.net. # Calculates the probability of a series of croaks. # 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 find_primes_less_than from fractions import Fraction d = {} primes = set(find_primes_less_than(501)) for i in range(1, 501): if i in primes: d[(i, 'P')] = Fraction(2, 3) d[(i, 'N')] = Fraction(1, 3) else: d[(i, 'P')] = Fraction(1, 3) d[(i, 'N')] = Fraction(2, 3) def calc_prob(i, string): if (i, string) in d: return d[(i, string)] if (i == 1): prob = d[(i, string[0])] * calc_prob(i + 1, string[1:]) elif (i == 500): prob = d[(i, string[0])] * calc_prob(i - 1, string[1:]) else: prob = d[(i, string[0])] * (calc_prob(i + 1, string[1:]) * Fraction(1, 2) + calc_prob(i - 1, string[1:]) * Fraction(1, 2)) d[(i, string)] = prob return prob if __name__ == '__main__': result = Fraction(0, 1) for i in range(1, 501): result += calc_prob(i, 'PPPPNNPPPNPPNPN') print("The result is:", result / 500)