descr=%{ The arithmetic sequence, 1487, 4817, 8147, in which each of the terms increases by 3330, is unusual in two ways: (i) each of the three terms are prime, and, (ii) each of the 4-digit numbers are permutations of one another. There are no arithmetic sequences made up of three 1-, 2-, or 3-digit primes, exhibiting this property, but there is one other 4-digit increasing sequence. What 12-digit number do you form by concatenating the three terms in this sequence? } puts "Read primes" $primes=File.read("firsts_1MM_primes.txt").split() fdprimes=[] $primes.each do |p| if p.length == 4 fdprimes <<= p end end is_prime={} fdprimes.each do |p| is_prime[p]=true end fdprimes.each do |p| next if p == "1487" puts p sigp=p.split('').sort fdprimes.each do |q| next if q<=p sigq=q.split('').sort if sigp == sigq r = ( 2*q.to_i-p.to_i ).to_s sigr=r.split('').sort if sigp == sigr and is_prime[r] puts "#{p}#{q}#{r}" exit 0 end end end end