Added python file for 26, thinking about approach

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+# Find the number d < 1000 for which 1 / d has the longest recurring cycle
+# in its decimal fraction part
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+# Observation: I first thought we only need to check prime numbers, but 
+# that is not the case. For example, 1/21 has a cycle of length 7, longer
+# than both 3 and 7, but exactly the same as the cycles of 3 and 7 combined.
+# But for 1/49 it has a cycle of length 42, so I don't think there is a
+# clever way to deduce the length of the cycles without calculating them