How many distinct terms are in the sequence generated by a^b for integers a and b, where 2 ≤ a ≤ 100, and 2 ≤ b ≤ 100? Can you find the answer without computing the value of each a^b? (Project Euler problem #29)

There are precisely 9183 distinct values that satisfy the given conditions.

Posted by K Sengupta on 2024-02-20 21:12:18