import numpy as np input = 4455 fuel_cells = np.zeros((301,301), dtype=np.int64) for y in range(1, 301): fuel_cells[1:,y] = y for x in range(1, 301): fuel_cells[x,1:] *= x+10 fuel_cells[1:,1:] += input for x in range(1, 301): fuel_cells[x,1:] *= x+10 fuel_cells[1:,1:] //= 100 fuel_cells[1:,1:] %= 10 fuel_cells[1:,1:] -= 5 fuel_cs = fuel_cells.cumsum(axis=0).cumsum(axis=1) def sum_square(x, y, s): A = fuel_cs[x-1, y-1] B = fuel_cs[x+s-1, y-1] C = fuel_cs[x-1, y+s-1] D = fuel_cs[x+s-1, y+s-1] return D - B - C + A max_power_3 = 0 max_idx_3 = (0, 0, 0) for x in range(1, 299): for y in range(1, 299): val = sum_square(x, y, 3) if val > max_power_3: max_power_3 = val max_idx_3 = (x, y, 3) print(max_idx_3) # Part 1 max_power_s = 0 max_idx_s = (0,0,0) for x in range(1, 298): for y in range(1, 298): for s in range(4, 302-max(x, y)): val = sum_square(x, y, s) if val > max_power_s: max_power_s = val max_idx_s = (x, y, s) print(max_idx_s) # Part 2