OFFSET
2,1
COMMENTS
Based on Fermat's Last Theorem: 2 never occurs in this sequence. It is not known whether 3 occurs in this sequence. The first time 4 occurs is for 144^5=27^5+84^5+110^5+133^5.
The first time 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 occur is for n=73, 12, 23, 14, 8, 15; see sequence A252485. - M. F. Hasler, Dec 17 2014
LINKS
Giovanni Resta, Table of n, a(n) for n = 2..400
Jean-Charles Meyrignac, Computing Minimal Equal Sums Of Like Powers
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Diophantine Equation 5th Powers
EXAMPLE
a(29) = 9 since 29^5 = 5^5 + 9^5 + 10^5 + 10^5 + 10^5 + 15^5 + 15^5 + 17^5 + 28^5, and there is no sum of less than 9 fifth powers equal to 26^5;
a(30) = 6 since 30^5 = 5^5 + 10^5 + 11^5 + 16^5 + 19^5 + 29^5;
a(72) = 5 since 72^5 = 19^5 + 43^5 + 46^5 + 47^5 + 67^5. - M. F. Hasler, Dec 17 2014
PROG
(PARI) a(n, verbose=0, m=5)={N=n^m; for(k=3, 32, forvec(v=vector(k-1, i, [1, n\sqrtn(k+1-i, m)]), ispower(N-sum(i=1, k-1, v[i]^m), m, &K)&&K>0&&!(verbose&&print1("/*"n" "v"*/"))&&return(k), 1))} \\ M. F. Hasler, Dec 17 2014
(PARI) a(n)={
my(N=n^5, k=3);
while(1,
my(v=vector(k-1, i, [sqrtnint(max((N-(k-i)*(n-1)^5-1)\i, 0), 5)+1, sqrtnint((N-i+1)\(k-i+1), 5)]));
forvec(x=v,
my(s=N-sum(i=1, #x, x[i]^5));
if(s>0 && ispower(s, 5), return(k))
,
1
);
k++
);
}; \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Dec 18 2014
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Dmitry Kamenetsky, Jun 21 2009
EXTENSIONS
a(43)-a(83) from M. F. Hasler, Dec 17 2014
a(77) corrected by Charles R Greathouse IV, Dec 19 2014
a(84)-a(100) from Charles R Greathouse IV, Dec 19 2014
STATUS
approved