OFFSET
1,1
LINKS
Sean A. Irvine, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..389
EXAMPLE
4335900525 is a term because 4335900525 = 2^5 + 24^5 + 34^5 + 56^5 + 61^5 + 78^5 = 3^5 + 21^5 + 37^5 + 54^5 + 62^5 + 78^5 = 3^5 + 21^5 + 39^5 + 49^5 + 66^5 + 77^5 = 3^5 + 26^5 + 32^5 + 49^5 + 72^5 + 73^5 = 8^5 + 16^5 + 42^5 + 49^5 + 61^5 + 79^5 = 9^5 + 13^5 + 43^5 + 47^5 + 66^5 + 77^5 = 19^5 + 20^5 + 30^5 + 45^5 + 61^5 + 80^5 = 21^5 + 24^5 + 28^5 + 37^5 + 67^5 + 78^5.
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 >= 8])
for x in range(len(rets)):
print(rets[x])
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
David Consiglio, Jr., Jun 24 2021
STATUS
approved