A123038 Prime sums of 9 positive 5th powers.

71, 251, 257, 313, 499, 617, 797, 859, 977, 1039, 1063, 1187, 1249, 1367, 1429, 1523, 1609, 1789, 1913, 2179, 2273, 2297, 2539, 2663, 2843, 3023, 3109, 3257, 3319, 3413, 3499, 3593, 3617, 3803, 4373, 4733, 4889, 5179, 5303, 5483, 5639, 5881, 6257, 6389, 6451

Offset: 1

Author

Jonathan Vos Post, Sep 24 2006

Keywords

• easy
• nonn

Comments

Primes in the sumset {A000584 + A000584 + A000584 + A000584 + A000584 + A000584 + A000584 + A000584}.

There must be an odd number of odd terms in the sum, either nine odd (as with 251 = 1^5 + 1^5 + 1^5 + 1^5 + 1^5 + 1^5 + 1^5 + 1^5 + 3^5 and 977 = 1^5 + 1^5 + 1^5 + 1^5 + 1^5 + 3^5 + 3^5 + 3^5 + 3^5), two even and seven odd (as with 71 = 1^5 + 1^5 + 1^5 + 1^5 + 1^5 + 1^5 + 1^5 + 2^5 + 2^5 and 313 = 1^5 + 1^5 + 1^5 + 1^5 + 1^5 + 1^5 + 2^5 + 2^5 + 3^5), four even and 5 odd terms (as with xxxx), six even and 3 odd terms (as with 3803 = 2^5 + 2^5 + 2^5 + 2^5 + 2^5 + 2^5 + 3^5 + 3^5 + 5^5) or eight even terms and one odd term (as with 257 = 1^5 + 2^5 + 2^5 + 2^5 + 2^5 + 2^5 + 2^5 + 2^5 + 2^5 and 2^5 + 2^5 + 2^5 + 2^5 + 2^5 + 2^5 + 2^5 + 2^5 + 3^5). The sum of two positive 5th powers (A003347), other than 2 = 1^5 + 1^5, cannot be prime.

Examples

			a(1) = 71 = 1^5 + 1^5 + 1^5 + 1^5 + 1^5 + 1^5 + 1^5 + 2^5 + 2^5.
a(2) = 251 = 1^5 + 1^5 + 1^5 + 1^5 + 1^5 + 1^5 + 1^5 + 1^5 + 3^5.
a(3) = 257 = 1^5 + 2^5 + 2^5 + 2^5 + 2^5 + 2^5 + 2^5 + 2^5 + 2^5.
a(4) = 313 = 1^5 + 1^5 + 1^5 + 1^5 + 1^5 + 1^5 + 2^5 + 2^5 + 3^5.
a(5) = 499 = 2^5 + 2^5 + 2^5 + 2^5 + 2^5 + 2^5 + 2^5 + 2^5 + 3^5
a(9) = 977 = 1^5 + 1^5 + 1^5 + 1^5 + 1^5 + 3^5 + 3^5 + 3^5 + 3^5.
		

Links

• Giovanni Resta, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000

Crossrefs

Cf. A000040, A000584, A003336, A003347, A003349, A003350, A003351, A003352, A003353, A003354.

Programs

Mathematica

up = 10^4; q = Range[up^(1/5)]^5; a = {0}; Do[b = Select[ Union@ Flatten@ Table[e + a, {e, q}], # <= up &]; a = b, {k, 9}]; Select[a, PrimeQ] (* Giovanni Resta, Jun 13 2016 *)

Formula

A000040 INTERSECTION A003354.

Extensions

More terms from Alois P. Heinz, Aug 12 2015