S001047


Numbers that are not the sum of 20 nonnegative 5-th powers.

21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153

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S001047

There are 1097 terms in this sequence, ending with 22625, which means that all numbers greater than 22625 can be written as the sum of 20 nonnegative 5-th powers.

T. D. Noe, Plot of 1097 terms

T. D. Noe, Table of 1097 terms

Wikipedia, Waring’s problem

(Mma) nn = 9; lim = nn^5; t20 = Table[0, {lim}]; Do[num = i^5 + j^5 + k^5 + l^5 + m^5 + n^5 + o^5 + p^5 + q^5 + r^5 + s^5 + t^5 + u^5 + v^5 + w^5 + x^5 + y^5 + z^5 + a^5 + b^5; If[0 < num <= lim, t20[[num]]++], {i, 0, nn}, {j, i, nn}, {k, j, nn}, {l, k, nn}, {m, l, nn}, {n, m, nn}, {o, n, nn}, {p, o, nn}, {q, p, nn}, {r, q, nn}, {s, r, nn}, {t, s, nn}, {u, t, nn}, {v, u, nn}, {w, v, nn}, {x, w, nn}, {y, x, nn}, {z, y, nn}, {a, z, nn}, {b, a, nn}]; Flatten[Position[t20, 0]]

Cf. S001033-S001060.

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T. D. Noe, Jul 04 2017

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