Problem 45 Project Euler Solution with python

Triangular, pentagonal, and hexagonal

Triangle, pentagonal, and hexagonal numbers are generated by the following formulae:

Triangle	T_n=n(n+1)/2	1, 3, 6, 10, 15, ...
Pentagonal	P_n=n(3n−1)/2	1, 5, 12, 22, 35, ...
Hexagonal	H_n=n(2n−1)	1, 6, 15, 28, 45, ...

It can be verified that T₂₈₅ = P₁₆₅ = H₁₄₃ = 40755.
Find the next triangle number that is also pentagonal and hexagonal.

A very easy problem if you know the condition to check if the given number is Pentagonal Number and Hexagonal Number. We have used while loop to arrive at the solution.

There is no big algorithm used in this program. You can go see the program and understand it simply.

Program

File: pep45.py ------------------------- # http://radiusofcircle.blogspot.com # time module import time # time at the star of program execution start = time.time() def is_pentagonal(p): """function to check if the given number is pentagonal""" if (1+(24*p+1)**0.5) % 6 == 0: return True return False def is_hexagonal(h): """function to check if the given number is hexagonal""" if (1+(8*h+1)**0.5) % 4 == 0: return True return False # iterator start after 285 i = 286 # while loop for iterating while True: triangle = i*(i+1)/2 if is_pentagonal(triangle) and is_hexagonal(triangle): print triangle break i += 1 # time at the end of program execution end = time.time() # total time taken for execution print end - start

You can download the above source code from Github Gist pep45.py

Output

Summary

It just took a few seconds for me to write the program. I am satisfied with the solution. I have not tried to optimize the code to improve the performance because the program is very fast anyways. I think there is some scope to improve the present solution. You can improve the program if you want to. Please do share it with me if you have written a new solution.

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