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A345581
Numbers that are the sum of eight fourth powers in six or more ways.
8
6723, 6788, 6853, 6898, 6963, 7028, 7938, 8003, 8068, 8178, 8243, 8308, 8483, 8963, 9043, 9173, 9218, 9283, 9348, 9413, 9493, 9523, 9668, 9763, 9828, 10003, 10132, 10258, 10277, 10307, 10372, 10628, 10708, 10738, 10788, 10803, 10868, 10933, 10948, 10978
OFFSET
1,1
LINKS
EXAMPLE
6788 is a term because 6788 = 1^4 + 1^4 + 1^4 + 2^4 + 2^4 + 4^4 + 7^4 + 8^4 = 1^4 + 1^4 + 1^4 + 2^4 + 3^4 + 6^4 + 6^4 + 8^4 = 1^4 + 2^4 + 2^4 + 2^4 + 2^4 + 3^4 + 3^4 + 9^4 = 2^4 + 2^4 + 2^4 + 3^4 + 3^4 + 3^4 + 7^4 + 8^4 = 2^4 + 3^4 + 3^4 + 4^4 + 4^4 + 6^4 + 7^4 + 7^4 = 3^4 + 3^4 + 3^4 + 4^4 + 6^4 + 6^4 + 6^4 + 7^4.
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 >= 6])
for x in range(len(rets)):
print(rets[x])
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
STATUS
approved