OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
Differs from A344922 at term 2 because 13155858 = 1^4 + 16^4 + 19^4 + 60^4 = 3^4 + 6^4 + 21^4 + 60^4 = 10^4 + 18^4 + 31^4 + 59^4 = 12^4 + 27^4 + 45^4 + 54^4 = 15^4 + 44^4 + 46^4 + 47^4 = 18^4 + 25^4 + 41^4 + 56^4 = 29^4 + 30^4 + 44^4 + 53^4 = 35^4 + 36^4 + 38^4 + 53^4.
LINKS
David Consiglio, Jr., Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..100
EXAMPLE
6576339 is a term because 6576339 = 1^4 + 24^4 + 41^4 + 43^4 = 3^4 + 7^4 + 41^4 + 44^4 = 4^4 + 23^4 + 27^4 + 49^4 = 6^4 + 31^4 + 41^4 + 41^4 = 7^4 + 11^4 + 36^4 + 47^4 = 7^4 + 21^4 + 28^4 + 49^4 = 12^4 + 17^4 + 29^4 + 49^4.
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, 4):
tot = sum(pos)
keep[tot] += 1
rets = sorted([k for k, v in keep.items() if v == 7])
for x in range(len(rets)):
print(rets[x])
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
David Consiglio, Jr., Jun 02 2021
STATUS
approved