OFFSET
1,1
LINKS
Sean A. Irvine, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000
EXAMPLE
553545456 is a term because 553545456 = 1^5 + 14^5 + 20^5 + 24^5 + 47^5 + 50^5 = 4^5 + 14^5 + 37^5 + 42^5 + 43^5 + 46^5 = 4^5 + 26^5 + 29^5 + 34^5 + 42^5 + 51^5 = 9^5 + 15^5 + 22^5 + 22^5 + 33^5 + 55^5 = 9^5 + 26^5 + 29^5 + 32^5 + 37^5 + 53^5 = 12^5 + 24^5 + 27^5 + 32^5 + 38^5 + 53^5.
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, 6):
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])
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
David Consiglio, Jr., Jun 24 2021
STATUS
approved