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A345617
Numbers that are the sum of eight fifth powers in nine or more ways.
6
8742208, 15539667, 18913169, 19987308, 20135313, 21505583, 21512966, 21563089, 21727552, 22237510, 22256608, 22438990, 22545600, 22686818, 22932525, 23106589, 23122550, 23189782, 23221517, 23287858, 23346048, 23477344, 23798742, 23847285, 23931325, 24138358
OFFSET
1,1
EXAMPLE
15539667 is a term because 15539667 = 1^5 + 1^5 + 2^5 + 10^5 + 12^5 + 17^5 + 18^5 + 26^5 = 1^5 + 1^5 + 7^5 + 7^5 + 10^5 + 16^5 + 19^5 + 26^5 = 1^5 + 4^5 + 7^5 + 9^5 + 13^5 + 13^5 + 13^5 + 27^5 = 1^5 + 7^5 + 8^5 + 8^5 + 8^5 + 14^5 + 14^5 + 27^5 = 2^5 + 2^5 + 3^5 + 8^5 + 9^5 + 16^5 + 23^5 + 24^5 = 3^5 + 5^5 + 10^5 + 19^5 + 19^5 + 20^5 + 20^5 + 21^5 = 3^5 + 10^5 + 12^5 + 12^5 + 18^5 + 18^5 + 20^5 + 24^5 = 4^5 + 11^5 + 13^5 + 13^5 + 15^5 + 15^5 + 22^5 + 24^5 = 5^5 + 6^5 + 13^5 + 15^5 + 15^5 + 19^5 + 20^5 + 24^5 = 6^5 + 9^5 + 11^5 + 11^5 + 15^5 + 21^5 + 22^5 + 22^5.
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, 8):
tot = sum(pos)
keep[tot] += 1
rets = sorted([k for k, v in keep.items() if v >= 9])
for x in range(len(rets)):
print(rets[x])
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
STATUS
approved