OFFSET
1,1
LINKS
Sean A. Irvine, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..4091
EXAMPLE
1700336000 is a term because 1700336000 = 4^5 + 17^5 + 31^5 + 37^5 + 43^5 + 68^5 = 6^5 + 9^5 + 10^5 + 23^5 + 60^5 + 62^5 = 6^5 + 14^5 + 16^5 + 50^5 + 50^5 + 64^5 = 7^5 + 25^5 + 30^5 + 54^5 + 56^5 + 58^5 = 8^5 + 21^5 + 23^5 + 27^5 + 57^5 + 64^5 = 9^5 + 21^5 + 22^5 + 29^5 + 53^5 + 66^5 = 13^5 + 32^5 + 35^5 + 38^5 + 45^5 + 67^5.
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 >= 7])
for x in range(len(rets)):
print(rets[x])
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
David Consiglio, Jr., Jun 24 2021
STATUS
approved