Project Euler | Problem 10 | Summation of primes

Problem Description :

The sum of the primes below10 is 2 + 3 + 5 + 7 = 17. Find the sum of all the primes below two million.

Project Euler Problem 10

Concept :

For generating prime numbers we are using Sieve of Eratosthenes algorithm. This is very simple and efficient algorithm for generating primes.

Algorithm :

If you want to generate all prime number below N. Please follow below steps.

• Create boolean array of  length N and assign 'TRUE' to all elements of an array. 
• Find the sqrt of N because loop will run from 2 to sqrt(N).
• In loop, check whether element present at current index is 'TRUE'. If yes, then assign 'FALSE' to all elements whose index is multiple of current index.

Sieve of Eratosthenes algorithm

Once prime numbers generated, run the loop from 2 to limit(2 million) and check whether element present at current index is prime or not. If element is prime then add that index.

Java Program :

Output :

Output - Project Euler Problem 10 solution in Java

References :

https://projecteuler.net/problem=10

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sieve_of_Eratosthenes

http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/lang/Math.html

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Tags : Project Euler Problem 10 solution in Java, Prime numbers, Summation of primes, Mathematics problems, if else statement, for loop, Eratosthenes Algorithm, Arrays.

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