Distinct powers
Problem 29
Consider all integer combinations of ab for 2 a
5 and 2
b
5:
2 2=4, 2 3=8, 2 4=16, 2 5=32
3 2=9, 3 3=27, 3 4=81, 3 5=243
4 2=16, 4 3=64, 4 4=256, 4 5=1024
5 2=25, 5 3=125, 5 4=625, 5 5=3125
If they are then placed in numerical order, with any repeats removed, we get the following sequence of 15 distinct terms:
4, 8, 9, 16, 25, 27, 32, 64, 81, 125, 243, 256, 625, 1024, 3125
How many distinct terms are in the sequence generated by ab for 2 a
100 and 2
b
100?
刚开始想到的肯定是从1到10其平方之后有相同的就减掉啦!
2 4 8 16 32 64 //这些数都是从2到10平方到4次方之后可能会重复的数,当他们各自以相同的n次方后就会相同的,
3 9 27 81 //比如25^2到50次方都与(2^2)^2到50次方都相同,故相同的有49个
5 25
6 36
7 49
10 100
所以这些数相同的有:
4 --> 49
8 --> 49
9 --> 49
16 --> 58
25 --> 49
27 --> 49
32 --> 48
36 --> 49
49 --> 49
64 --> 62
81 --> 58
100 --> 49 总共有 618 个重复的。
所以答案为:99*99-618=9183.