OFFSET
1,1
LINKS
Sean A. Irvine, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..4906
EXAMPLE
287618651 is a term because
287618651 = 8^5 + 21^5 + 27^5 + 27^5 + 48^5
= 9^5 + 13^5 + 26^5 + 37^5 + 46^5
= 11^5 + 12^5 + 23^5 + 41^5 + 44^5
= 11^5 + 20^5 + 22^5 + 30^5 + 48^5.
[Corrected by Patrick De Geest, Dec 28 2024]
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, 500)]
for pos in cwr(power_terms, 5):
tot = sum(pos)
keep[tot] += 1
rets = sorted([k for k, v in keep.items() if v >= 4])
for x in range(len(rets)):
print(rets[x])
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
David Consiglio, Jr., May 21 2021
STATUS
approved