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```CS 5035 (Fall 2016)
Project 1. Introduction and starting out (first attempt by Aug 29)
Based on chapters 1 and 2 of LYH. Videos.
Use list comprehension to generate the 2 non-prime odd numbers less than 6,000 not of the form
p + 2 * k^2, where p is prime and k>0 . (The answer: [5777, 5993].) This is known as
Goldbach’s other conjecture.
As a head start, here is some code that generates the prime numbers.
The following code uses the function takeWhile, not covered in chapters 1 or 2. takeWhile
takes elements from a list while some predicate holds. For example:
> takeWhile (> 4) [8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
[8,7,6,5]
Here is some code to generate the prime numbers.
-- A lazy list of odd numbers beginning at 3
oddsFrom3 = [3, 5 .. ]
-- The prime divisors of n. The predicate to takeWhile is the
-- composition (denoted “.”) of two functions. It succeeds when the
-- square of the number is less than or equal to n.
-- Note that primeDivisors and primes are defined in terms of each other.
primeDivisors n = [d | d <- takeWhile ((<= n) . (^2)) primes, n `mod` d == 0]
-- The prime numbers: 2 followed by the odd primes.
primes = 2 : [p | p <- oddsFrom3, null (primeDivisors p)]
> take 25 primes
[2,3,5,7,11,13,17,19,23,29,31,37,41,43,47,53,59,61,67,71,73,79,83,89,97]
Hints
1. For each odd non-prime g < 6000 determine if there is a p and k such that
g = p + 2 * k^2. If there is no p and k, g is one of the numbers you are looking for. If
you try all combinations of p and k, your program will run for a very long time. Instead,
look for a prime p such that (g - p)/2 is a square.
2. Write a predicate isASquare that determines whether its argument is a square.
3. You will also find it useful to write a predicate isPrime. What’s wrong with this?
isPrime n = n `elem` primes
Ask yourself how long the list primes is.
1/2
4.
An alternative to looking for a p, as in (1), is to look for a k. Find a k such that
g - 2*k^2 is prime. Where should you look for such a k? Look in [1 .. ] as long as
2*k^2 < g.
2/2
```
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