OFFSET
1,1
LINKS
Sean A. Irvine, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..127
EXAMPLE
16933805856 = 2^5 + 38^5 + 68^5 + 74^5 + 92^5 + 92^5
= 2^5 + 54^5 + 58^5 + 64^5 + 92^5 + 96^5
= 14^5 + 36^5 + 61^5 + 67^5 + 94^5 + 94^5
= 15^5 + 49^5 + 52^5 + 60^5 + 94^5 + 96^5
= 17^5 + 49^5 + 53^5 + 57^5 + 92^5 + 98^5
= 29^5 + 36^5 + 42^5 + 72^5 + 88^5 + 99^5
= 31^5 + 36^5 + 54^5 + 54^5 + 94^5 + 97^5
= 34^5 + 34^5 + 46^5 + 72^5 + 76^5 + 104^5
= 35^5 + 36^5 + 69^5 + 72^5 + 89^5 + 95^5
so 16933805856 is a term.
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, 6):
tot = sum(pos)
keep[tot] += 1
rets = sorted([k for k, v in keep.items() if v >= 9])
for x in range(len(rets)):
print(rets[x])
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
David Consiglio, Jr., Jun 24 2021
STATUS
approved