OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
Differs from A003355 at term 229 because 4102 = 1^5 + 1^5 + 1^5 + 1^5 + 1^5 + 3^5 + 3^5 + 3^5 + 3^5 + 5^5 = 1^5 + 1^5 + 1^5 + 1^5 + 1^5 + 1^5 + 4^5 + 4^5 + 4^5 + 4^5.
LINKS
Sean A. Irvine, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000
EXAMPLE
10 is a term because 10 = 1^5 + 1^5 + 1^5 + 1^5 + 1^5 + 1^5 + 1^5 + 1^5 + 1^5 + 1^5.
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, 10):
tot = sum(pos)
keep[tot] += 1
rets = sorted([k for k, v in keep.items() if v == 1])
for x in range(len(rets)):
print(rets[x])
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
David Consiglio, Jr., Jul 13 2021
STATUS
approved