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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?

See The Solution Submitted by K Sengupta

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Subject	Author	Date
Best greedy algorithm I could find is nowhere near as good as Larry's algorithm	Charlie	2023-04-13 13:57:54
re: Better, not necessarily best answer	Larry	2023-04-13 12:48:56
Better, not necessarily best answer	Larry	2023-04-13 12:34:36
Upper bound	Jer	2023-04-13 11:30:52

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