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* Added solution for Project Euler problemm problem 173. TheAlgorithms#2695

* Added docstring

* Update formatting, doctest and annotations. Reference: TheAlgorithms#3256
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"""
Project Euler Problem 173: https://projecteuler.net/problem=173
We shall define a square lamina to be a square outline with a square "hole" so that
the shape possesses vertical and horizontal symmetry. For example, using exactly
thirty-two square tiles we can form two different square laminae:
With one-hundred tiles, and not necessarily using all of the tiles at one time, it is
possible to form forty-one different square laminae.
Using up to one million tiles how many different square laminae can be formed?
"""


from math import ceil, sqrt


def solution(limit: int = 1000000) -> int:
"""
Return the number of different square laminae that can be formed using up to
one million tiles.
>>> solution(100)
41
"""
answer = 0

for outer_width in range(3, (limit // 4) + 2):
if outer_width ** 2 > limit:
hole_width_lower_bound = max(ceil(sqrt(outer_width ** 2 - limit)), 1)
else:
hole_width_lower_bound = 1
if (outer_width - hole_width_lower_bound) % 2:
hole_width_lower_bound += 1

answer += (outer_width - hole_width_lower_bound - 2) // 2 + 1

return answer


if __name__ == "__main__":
print(f"{solution() = }")

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