A345834 Numbers that are the sum of eight fourth powers in exactly two ways.

263, 278, 293, 308, 323, 343, 358, 373, 388, 423, 438, 453, 503, 533, 548, 563, 583, 598, 613, 628, 678, 693, 758, 773, 788, 803, 853, 868, 887, 902, 917, 932, 933, 967, 982, 997, 1028, 1043, 1047, 1062, 1108, 1127, 1142, 1157, 1172, 1222, 1237, 1283, 1302

Offset

1,1

Comments

Differs from A345577 at term 14 because 518 = 1^4 + 1^4 + 1^4 + 1^4 + 1^4 + 1^4 + 4^4 + 4^4 = 1^4 + 1^4 + 1^4 + 2^4 + 3^4 + 3^4 + 3^4 + 4^4 = 2^4 + 2^4 + 3^4 + 3^4 + 3^4 + 3^4 + 3^4 + 3^4.

Links

Sean A. Irvine, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000

Example

278 is a term because 278 = 1^4 + 1^4 + 1^4 + 1^4 + 1^4 + 1^4 + 2^4 + 4^4 = 1^4 + 1^4 + 1^4 + 2^4 + 2^4 + 3^4 + 3^4 + 3^4.

Prog

(Python)
from itertools import combinations_with_replacement as cwr
from collections import defaultdict
keep = defaultdict(lambda: 0)
power_terms = [x**4 for x in range(1, 1000)]
for pos in cwr(power_terms, 8):
    tot = sum(pos)
    keep[tot] += 1
    rets = sorted([k for k, v in keep.items() if v == 2])
    for x in range(len(rets)):
        print(rets[x])

Crossrefs

Cf. A345577, A345784, A345824, A345833, A345835, A345844, A346327.

Sequence in context: A052033 A105008 A345577 * A180556 A288502 A320710

Adjacent sequences: A345831 A345832 A345833 * A345835 A345836 A345837

Keyword

nonn

Author

David Consiglio, Jr., Jun 26 2021

Status

approved