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A030052 Smallest number whose n-th power is a sum of distinct smaller n-th powers. 0
1, 3, 5, 6, 15, 12, 25, 40, 84, 47, 63, 68, 81, 102, 95, 104 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

0,2

LINKS

Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Diophantine Equation.

EXAMPLE

3^1 = 2^1 + 1^1,

5^2 = 4^2 + 3^2,

6^3 = 5^3 + 4^3 + 3^3,

15^4 = 14^4 + 9^4 + 8^4 + 6^4 + 4^4,

12^5 = 4^5 + 5^5 + 6^5 + 7^5 + 9^5 + 11^5,

25^6 = 1^6 + 2^6 + 3^6 + 5^6 + 6^6 + 7^6 + 8^6 + 9^6 + 10^6 + 12^6 + 13^6 + 15^6 + 16^6 + 17^6 + 18^6 + 23^6,

40^7 = 1^7 + 3^7 + 5^7 + 9^7 + 12^7 + 14^7 + 16^7 + 17^7 + 18^7 + 20^7 + 21^7 + 22^7 + 25^7 + 28^7 + 39^7,

84^8 = 1^8 + 2^8 + 3^8 + 5^8 + 7^8 + 9^8 + 10^8 + 11^8 + 12^8 + 13^8 + 14^8 + 15^8 + 16^8 + 17^8 + 18^8 + 19^8 + 21^8 + 23^8 + 24^8 + 25^8 + 26^8 + 27^8 + 29^8 + 32^8 + 33^8 + 35^8 + 37^8 + 38^8 + 39^8 + 41^8 + 42^8 + 43^8 + 45^8 + 46^8 + 47^8 + 48^8 + 49^8 + 51^8 + 52^8 + 53^8 + 57^8 + 58^8 + 59^8 + 61^8 + 63^8 + 69^8 + 73^8,

47^9 = 1^9 + 2^9 + 4^9 + 7^9 + 11^9 + 14^9 + 15^9 + 18^9 + 26^9 + 27^9 + 30^9 + 31^9 + 32^9 + 33^9 + 36^9 + 38^9 + 39^9 + 43^9,

63^10 = 1^10 + 2^10 + 4^10 + 5^10 + 6^10 + 8^10 + 12^10 + 15^10 + 16^10 + 17^10 + 20^10 + 21^10 + 25^10 + 26^10 + 27^10 + 28^10 + 30^10 + 36^10 + 37^10 + 38^10 + 40^10 + 51^10 + 62^10.

Comment from Jon Schoenfield, Nov 29 2008:

68^11 = 4^11 + 9^11 + 14^11 + 15^11 + 17^11 + 18^11 + 19^11 + 20^11 + 21^11 +

22^11 + 24^11 + 27^11 + 28^11 + 30^11 + 31^11 + 32^11 + 33^11 + 36^11 +

38^11 + 39^11 + 45^11 + 46^11 + 47^11 + 49^11 + 50^11 + 51^11 + 53^11 +

54^11 + 55^11 + 65^11.

81^12 = 1^12 + 5^12 + 7^12 + 8^12 + 9^12 + 10^12 + 20^12 + 21^12 + 25^12 + 28^12 + 29^12 + 33^12 + 34^12 + 36^12 + 39^12 + 41^12 + 44^12 + 45^12 + 49^12 + 51^12 + 54^12 + 55^12 + 57^12 + 61^12 + 66^12 + 68^12 + 70^12 + 77^12. - Jon E. Schoenfield (jonscho(AT)hiwaay.net), Dec 02 2008

MATHEMATICA

102^13 == Total[{1, 3, 7, 9, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 21, 23, 24, 26, 27, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 36, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 51, 52, 53, 55, 56, 57, 59, 60, 64, 66, 67, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 82, 83, 86, 88, 89, 90}^13] (* Manol Iliev, Jan 04 2010 *)

95^14 == Total[{1, 2, 3, 5, 10, 12, 13, 14, 18, 19, 22, 24, 27, 28, 31, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 48, 49, 51, 52, 53, 55, 57, 58, 59, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 70, 72, 73, 75, 77, 81, 84, 86, 87}^14] (* Manol Iliev, Apr 28 2011 *)

104^15 == Total[{2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 11, 15, 16, 20, 22, 23, 24, 26, 29, 32, 33, 35, 39, 44, 47, 48, 49, 50, 54, 57, 62, 63, 65, 68, 70, 72, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 95, 96}^15] (* Manol Iliev, Apr 28 2011 *)

CROSSREFS

Sequence in context: A092862 A112863 A180694 * A099678 A192119 A050563

Adjacent sequences:  A030049 A030050 A030051 * A030053 A030054 A030055

KEYWORD

nonn,nice

AUTHOR

Richard Schroeppel (rschroe(AT)sandia.gov)

EXTENSIONS

n = 8 through 10 terms found by David W. Wilson (davidwwilson(AT)comcast.net)

a(11) from Al Zimmermann (alzimmerma(AT)aol.com), Apr 07 2004

a(12) from Al Zimmermann (alzimmerma(AT)aol.com), Apr 13 2004

a(13) from Manol Iliev, Jan 04 2010

a(14) and a(15) from Manol Iliev, Apr 28 2011

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