OFFSET
1,1
LINKS
Sean A. Irvine, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000
EXAMPLE
35663099 is a term because 35663099 = 1^5 + 9^5 + 16^5 + 17^5 + 24^5 + 24^5 + 28^5 = 2^5 + 3^5 + 17^5 + 23^5 + 24^5 + 24^5 + 26^5 = 2^5 + 10^5 + 15^5 + 17^5 + 23^5 + 23^5 + 29^5 = 4^5 + 8^5 + 13^5 + 19^5 + 21^5 + 27^5 + 27^5 = 4^5 + 11^5 + 13^5 + 19^5 + 20^5 + 22^5 + 30^5 = 5^5 + 6^5 + 19^5 + 19^5 + 20^5 + 20^5 + 30^5 = 7^5 + 9^5 + 12^5 + 18^5 + 18^5 + 27^5 + 28^5.
PROG
(Python)
from itertools import combinations_with_replacement as cwr
from collections import defaultdict
keep = defaultdict(lambda: 0)
power_terms = [x**5 for x in range(1, 1000)]
for pos in cwr(power_terms, 7):
tot = sum(pos)
keep[tot] += 1
rets = sorted([k for k, v in keep.items() if v >= 7])
for x in range(len(rets)):
print(rets[x])
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
David Consiglio, Jr., Jun 22 2021
STATUS
approved