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Primes square (Posted on 2014-02-07)

Create a 4x4 array of digits such that:

the 4 rows read from left to right are prime numbers with digits in non-increasing order;

the 4 columns read from top to bottom are prime numbers with digits in non-increasing order;

and the 8 primes are all different.

The solution is unique.

No Solution Yet Submitted by Jer

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Brute force mostly..

A=Select[Map[IntegerDigits,Select[Range[1000,9999],PrimeQ]],Sort[#,Greater]==#&];
S=Subsets[A,{4}];
Do[P=Permutations[s];
Do[If[Union[Map[OddQ,p[[4]]]]=={True},
    T=Transpose[p];
    If[Intersection[T,p]=={},
     If[Union[Map[MemberQ[A,#]&,T]]=={True},Print[MatrixForm[p]]]]],
   {p,P}],
{s,S}];

which gives:

9 8 8 7
9 6 4 3
7 6 4 3
3 3 3 1

and its transpose.

Posted by Harry on 2014-02-09 16:21:00

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