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Coding Challenge
Recently, there have been a couple new revelations about number theory published in Science Within the article was a pair of theories about prime numbers that I had never heard before, one of which was:
Goldbach’s conjecture, [which] makes two assertions: that every even number greater than 2 is the sum of two primes, and that every odd number greater than 5 is the sum of three primes.
I thought it would be fun to start with the first part of this problem and write a program to accept user input in the form of an even integer > 2 and then look for the two primes whose sum is equal to the user provided:
prime1 + prime2 = user input
where prime1 and prime2 may be any prime number (even the same number twice)
I could easily see this escaping the processing power of my machine if the numbers get high, but I think it shouldn’t be too hard to at least write a code that could look for them and demonstrate whether this worked with known input.
Are you up for a quick challenge?
Learn Fractions with Zombies
If so, submit your documented answer here as a comment. Feel free to use any language you would like (I just did it in C++, but I’m eager to see better answers than my own). My favorite submissions will win a free copy of my iBook, In Parts, Tales of Fractional Zombies, which you can enjoy yourself or regift to a youngster in your life who wants a fun way to learn the concept of fractions.
You can use these links as resources to help check your work:
If you are new to coding and are looking for a coding environment to work in, check out this posting for help setting up a C++ coding environment using Xcode (on your mac)
Bring Home a Zombie this Weekend
In Parts: A Tale of Fractional Zombies is available for iPad for free this weekend. Download a copy now from the iTunes book store.
Zombies in the Schoolyard!
Panic?! No, it’s a great opportunity for two students to get some real-world experience in working with fractions.
In Parts tells the story of a zombie attack and how the teachers and students rise to the occasion to save their school. Help dispatch the zombie threat one part at a time. 1/4 … 2/4 … 3/4 … 4/4!
DownHouse Software Announces Release of a new iBook
Zombies in the Schoolyard!
Panic?! No, it’s a great opportunity for two students to get some real-world experience in working with fractions.
In Parts tells the story of a zombie attack and how the teachers and students rise to the occasion to save their school. Help dispatch the zombie threat one part at a time. 1/4 … 2/4 … 3/4 … 4/4!
CDC Urges Preparedness for Zombie Attack!
Click Here For the CDC’s Zombie Preparedness Page
Coming Soon from DownHouse Software
DownHouse Software announces the coming release of the new eBook, “In Part: A Tale of Fractional Zombies.” This is the story of a zombie attack on an elementary school where children in the math class are learning fractions – Hey Zombies are Fractions! – What a perfect opportunity to put their new skills to work in the real world.
In Part… A Tale of Fractional Zombies – coming soon
How to program ‘ZombieCatchAlice’
OK, I’ve thrown together a quick program with a Zombie chasing Alice through the streets of a little city. He says ‘Brains!’, she yells ‘Oh, Help!’, runs a couple of paces, turns, yells for help again and runs a few paces. All the while, the zombie is following her around the screen and the camera follows the action.
What I don’t know how to do is program an event that is triggered by the zombie ‘catching’ alice. I’d like to see the zombie get her, turn her into a zombie and the two can go after other characters on the screen.
Help is greatly appreciated.
