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Least k such that there are exactly n perfect powers between 10k and 10k + 10.
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%I #24 Mar 14 2021 18:45:57

%S 5,1,2,12,0

%N Least k such that there are exactly n perfect powers between 10k and 10k + 10.

%C I do not know if a(5) exists. If it does, the numbers 10k+1, 10k+3, 10k+5, 10k+7, 10k+9 will be perfect powers. But those numbers are very scarce.

%C Further, a(6), ..., a(10) cannot exist because of the Mihailescu theorem, as the only adjoining perfect powers are 8 and 9.

%C a(5) is extremely unlikely to exist; if it does, it is larger than 10^70. - _Charles R Greathouse IV_, Jul 21 2017

%e If n=2, then there are 2 power numbers between 20 and 30: 25 and 27, and this is the least k with this property.

%o (PARI) a(n)=my(k=0); while(sum(j=10*k+1, 10*k+9, (j==1) || ispower(j)) !=n, k++); k; \\ _Michel Marcus_, Jul 20 2017

%Y Cf. A001597, A097056.

%K nonn,fini

%O 0,1

%A _Wolfram Hüttermann_, Jul 09 2017