gistfile1.txt

# http://projecteuler.net/problem=57

# python is well suited to doing this through simple brute force
max = 0
for a in range (1,100):
	for b in range (1,100):
		a2b = str(a**b)
		sum = 0
		for x in range (0,len(a2b)):
			digit = int(a2b[x:x+1])
			sum = sum + digit
		if sum > max:
			max = sum

print max