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Quintic Minimum (Posted on 2023-04-13)

7²² can be expressed as the sum of n positive perfect fifth powers. What is the minimum value for n?

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Upper bound

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Greedy algorithm takes n=34

5229

894

291

109

2 (x5)

1 (x17)

I suspect this can be improved by decreasing some of the upper numbers to need fewer 1's and 2's

Posted by Jer on 2023-04-13 11:30:52

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