#!/usr/bin/env python """ Created on 17 Jun 2017 @author: David Doblas Jiménez @email: daviddoji@pm.me Solution for problem 6 of Project Euler https://projecteuler.net/problem=6 """ from utils import timeit @timeit("Problem 6") def compute(): """ The sum of the squares of the first ten natural numbers is, 1^2 + 2^2 + ... + 10^2 = 385 The square of the sum of the first ten natural numbers is, (1 + 2 + ... + 10)^2 = 55^2 = 3025 Hence the difference between the sum of the squares of the first ten natural numbers and the square of the sum is 3025 − 385 = 2640. Find the difference between the sum of the squares of the first one hundred natural numbers and the square of the sum. """ n = 100 square_of_sum = sum(i for i in range(1, n + 1)) ** 2 sum_squares = sum(i**2 for i in range(1, n + 1)) diff = square_of_sum - sum_squares return diff if __name__ == "__main__": print(f"Result for Problem 6 is {compute()}")