From 587896b43f0af8b33f5bdc42195bb95b79c79bf0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bruno BELANYI <bruno@belanyi.fr>
Date: Thu, 22 May 2025 03:59:31 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] 2015: d24: ex2: add solution

---
 2015/d24/ex2/ex2.py | 71 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 71 insertions(+)
 create mode 100755 2015/d24/ex2/ex2.py

diff --git a/2015/d24/ex2/ex2.py b/2015/d24/ex2/ex2.py
new file mode 100755
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+++ b/2015/d24/ex2/ex2.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import itertools
+import math
+import sys
+from collections.abc import Iterator
+
+
+def solve(input: str) -> int:
+    def parse(input: str) -> list[int]:
+        return [int(n) for n in input.splitlines()]
+
+    def package_groups(
+        packages: list[int],
+    ) -> Iterator[tuple[list[int], list[int], list[int], list[int]]]:
+        assert sum(packages) % 4 == 0  # Sanity check
+        target_weight = sum(packages) // 4
+
+        # I'm lazy, a brute-force triple loop is good enough
+        found = False
+        for first_len in range(1, len(packages) + 1):
+            for perm in itertools.combinations(range(len(packages)), first_len):
+                first = [packages[p] for p in perm]
+                if sum(first) != target_weight:
+                    continue
+                others = [p for i, p in enumerate(packages) if i not in perm]
+                for sec_len in range(1, len(others) + 1):
+                    for perm in itertools.combinations(range(len(others)), sec_len):
+                        second = [others[p] for p in perm]
+                        if sum(second) != target_weight:
+                            continue
+                        others_ = [p for i, p in enumerate(others) if i not in perm]
+                        for third_len in range(1, len(others_) + 1):
+                            for perm in itertools.combinations(
+                                range(len(others_)), third_len
+                            ):
+                                third = [others_[p] for p in perm]
+                                last = [
+                                    others_[i]
+                                    for i in range(len(others_))
+                                    if i not in perm
+                                ]
+                                yield first, second, third, last
+                                # We only care to enumerate all valid *first* packages
+                                # Not *all* permutations
+                                found = True
+                                break
+                            if found:
+                                break
+                        if found:
+                            break
+                    if found:
+                        break
+                    # *Don't* break if `found`, we want to keep enumerating this length
+            if found:
+                break
+
+    def quantum_entanglement(packages: list[int]) -> int:
+        return math.prod(packages)
+
+    packages = parse(input)
+    return min(quantum_entanglement(split[0]) for split in package_groups(packages))
+
+
+def main() -> None:
+    input = sys.stdin.read()
+    print(solve(input))
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()