Project Euler > Problem 77 > Prime summations (Java Solution)

Problem:

It is possible to write ten as the sum of primes in exactly five different ways:

7 + 3
5 + 5
5 + 3 + 2
3 + 3 + 2 + 2
2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2

What is the first value which can be written as the sum of primes in over five thousand different ways?


Solution:

-59231

Code:
The solution may include methods that will be found here: Library.java .

public interface EulerSolution{

public String run();

}
/* 
* Solution to Project Euler problem 27
* By Nayuki Minase
*
* http://nayuki.eigenstate.org/page/project-euler-solutions
* https://github.com/nayuki/Project-Euler-solutions
*/


public final class p027 implements EulerSolution {

public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println(new p027().run());
}


public String run() {
int bestNum = 0;
int bestA = 0;
int bestB = 0;
for (int a = -1000; a <= 1000; a++) {
for (int b = -1000; b <= 1000; b++) {
int num = numberOfConsecutivePrimesGenerated(a, b);
if (num > bestNum) {
bestNum = num;
bestA = a;
bestB = b;
}
}
}
return Integer.toString(bestA * bestB);
}


private static int numberOfConsecutivePrimesGenerated(int a, int b) {
for (int i = 0; ; i++) {
int n = i * i + i * a + b;
if (n < 0 || !Library.isPrime(n))
return i;
}
}

}


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