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Exhaustive search to find the solution for `i^5 + j^5 + k^5 + l^5 = z^5`, known as Euler's conjecture.
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#!/usr/bin/env python3 | |
#Exhaustive search to find the solution for `i^5 + j^5 + k^5 + l^5 = z^5`, known as Euler's conjecture. | |
#According to |https://www.math.uci.edu/~brusso/stewart230-231.pdf|, one of the solution is first found in 1966 by exhaustive search. | |
#Complexity (real, M1 mac): 2.57e-07 * n^3 | |
import math | |
import sys | |
import time | |
n: int = 0 | |
while (True): | |
start: int = time.time() | |
n += 1 | |
print(n, end = ' ') | |
for i in range(1, n + 1): | |
for j in range(i, n + 1): | |
for k in range(j, n + 1): | |
l: int = n | |
r: int = i**5 + j**5 + k**5 + l**5 | |
p: int = math.floor(r**(1 / 5)) | |
q: int = math.ceil(r**(1 / 5)) | |
if ((p**5 == r) or (q**5 == r)): | |
if (q**5 == r): | |
p = q | |
print(f'[Solved! {i}^5 + {j}^5 + {k}^5 + {l}^5 = {p}^5]') | |
sys.exit(0) | |
print(time.time() - start) |
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