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reply Wyverex <wyverex.cypher gmail.com> writes:
1)  Consider the number 142857. We can right-rotate this number by 
moving the last digit (7) to the front of it, giving us 714285.
It can be verified that 714285=5*142857.
This demonstrates an unusual property of 142857: it is a divisor of its 
right-rotation.

Find the digits of the set of all integers n, 11 < n < 10^100, that have 
this property.



2 and 3 from the other day are time consuming but are good practice for 
new programmers!
Aug 15 2008
next sibling parent reply Leandro Lucarella <llucax gmail.com> writes:
Wyverex, el 15 de agosto a las 11:30 me escribiste:

 2 and 3 from the other day are time consuming but are good practice for new 
 programmers!


Hi! No offense, but I find this constant Puzzle posts a little annoying.
Is there any chance you can move it to another list where just interested
people can subscribe?

Thank you!

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Aug 15 2008
parent BCS <ao pathlink.com> writes:
Reply to Leandro,


 Wyverex, el 15 de agosto a las 11:30 me escribiste:
 

 2 and 3 from the other day are time consuming but are good practice
 for new programmers!
 


 Hi! No offense, but I find this constant Puzzle posts a little
 annoying. Is there any chance you can move it to another list where
 just interested people can subscribe?
 
 Thank you!
 


A NG is really nice for this type of thing (not all posts are shown until 
you open them and it's threaded)

Hay Walter! Any Way to talk you into adding an OT newsgroup?
Aug 15 2008
prev sibling parent reply Christopher Wright <dhasenan gmail.com> writes:
Wyverex wrote:

 1)  Consider the number 142857. We can right-rotate this number by 
 moving the last digit (7) to the front of it, giving us 714285.
 It can be verified that 714285=5*142857.
 This demonstrates an unusual property of 142857: it is a divisor of its 
 right-rotation.
 
 Find the digits of the set of all integers n, 11 < n < 10^100, that have 
 this property.
 
 
 
 2 and 3 from the other day are time consuming but are good practice for 
 new programmers!


10^100 is greater than ulong.max.

I tried a version that went up to ulong.max. It logged every billion 
checks. That took a few minutes (for the first billion, I mean). Getting 
all the way to ulong.max would take overnight; to 10^100, ages, even if 
you had a ucent primitive.

Granted, I was using ulongs on my 32-bit machine, so it wasn't optimal. 
But bignums are a lot slower.
Aug 15 2008
parent BCS <ao pathlink.com> writes:
Reply to Christopher,


 Wyverex wrote:
 

 1)  Consider the number 142857. We can right-rotate this number by
 moving the last digit (7) to the front of it, giving us 714285.
 It can be verified that 714285=5*142857.
 This demonstrates an unusual property of 142857: it is a divisor of
 its
 right-rotation.
 Find the digits of the set of all integers n, 11 < n < 10^100, that
 have this property.
 
 2 and 3 from the other day are time consuming but are good practice
 for new programmers!
 


 10^100 is greater than ulong.max.
 
 I tried a version that went up to ulong.max. It logged every billion
 checks. That took a few minutes (for the first billion, I mean).
 Getting all the way to ulong.max would take overnight; to 10^100,
 ages, even if you had a ucent primitive.
 
 Granted, I was using ulongs on my 32-bit machine, so it wasn't
 optimal. But bignums are a lot slower.
 


The only practical way to do this would be an intelligent search.

get out the discrete book and start manipulating this:
(D*10^n + M) % (10*M + D) && M < 10^n
Aug 16 2008