#! /usr/bin/python3 import unittest from math import sqrt def isprime(candidate): if candidate==2: return True elif candidate==3: return True elif candidate % 2 == 0: return False elif candidate % 3 == 0: return False anchor = 0 limit = int(sqrt(candidate)) while True: anchor += 6 for t in range(anchor-1,anchor+2,2): if t > limit: return True if candidate % t == 0: return False def padovanprimes(ct): pp=set() padovans=[1,1,1,1] while True: padovans[3]=padovans[0]+padovans[1] for i in range(3): padovans[i]=padovans[i+1] if isprime(padovans[3]): pp.add(padovans[3]) if len(pp) >= ct: break out=list(pp) out.sort() return out class TestPadovanPrimes(unittest.TestCase): def test_ex1(self): self.assertEqual(padovanprimes(10), [2, 3, 5, 7, 37, 151, 3329, 23833, 13091204281, 3093215881333057], 'example 1') unittest.main()