A343086 a(n) is the smallest number that is the sum of n positive 4th powers in four ways.
5978882, 236674, 20995, 6626, 2925, 2925, 2854, 1620, 1621, 777, 778, 779, 780, 781, 782, 528, 529, 515, 516, 517, 518, 519, 520, 521, 522, 523, 524, 525, 526, 512, 513, 514, 515, 516, 517, 518, 519, 520, 521, 522, 523, 524, 525, 526, 527, 528, 529, 530, 531
Offset: 3
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Examples
a(3) = 5978882 = 3^4 + 40^4 + 43^4 = 8^4 + 37^4 + 45^4 = 15^4 + 32^4 + 47^4 = 23^4 + 25^4 + 48^4. a(4) = 236674 = 1^4 + 2^4 + 7^4 + 22^4 = 3^4 + 6^4 + 18^4 + 19^4 = 7^4 + 14^4 + 16^4 + 19^4 = 8^4 + 16^4 + 17^4 + 17^4.
Links
- R. Alter, Computations and generalizations on a remark of Ramanujan, pp. 182-196 of "Analytic Number Theory (Philadelphia, 1980)", ed. M. I. Knopp, Lect. Notes Math., Vol. 899, 1981. See Table 12, page 194.
- Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (2,-1).
Formula
a(n) = n + 480 for n >= 32.
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