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A384182
a(n) is the smallest integer k such that the Diophantine equation x^3 + y^3 + z^3 + w^3 = k^4, where 0 < x < y < z < w has exactly n integer solutions.
2
6, 9, 15, 34, 20, 19, 66, 28, 36, 35, 26, 30, 355, 97, 44, 329, 151, 65, 590, 89, 48, 42, 129, 54, 70, 99, 56, 178, 580, 128, 110, 392, 107, 518, 63, 125, 90, 887, 242, 78, 100, 138, 105, 96, 235, 141, 281, 205, 326, 1094, 117, 108, 197, 860, 159, 174, 291, 134
OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
a(131)>1600.
LINKS
EXAMPLE
a(3)=15, because 15^4 = 13^3 + 21^3 + 23^3 + 30^3 = 11^3 + 16^3 + 21^3 + 33^3 = 9^3 + 11^3 + 21^3 + 34^3 and no integer less than 15 has 3 solutions.
MATHEMATICA
s=Table[{k, Length@Select[PowersRepresentations[k^4, 4, 3], 0<#[[1]]<#[[2]]<#[[3]]<#[[4]]&]}, {k, 50}]; a=Table[SelectFirst[s, #[[2]]==k&], {k, 6}][[All, 1]]
CROSSREFS
Cf. A383877.
Sequence in context: A023885 A031209 A271826 * A242183 A300564 A316050
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Zhining Yang, May 21 2025
STATUS
approved