Distinct powers
Problem 29
Consider all integer combinations of ab for 2 ≤ a ≤ 5 and 2 ≤ b ≤ 5:
22=4, 23=8, 24=16, 25=32
32=9, 33=27, 34=81, 35=243
42=16, 43=64, 44=256, 45=1024
52=25, 53=125, 54=625, 55=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?
aindex=[i for i in range(2,101)]
bindex=[2 for i in range(2,101)]
value=[i*i for i in range(2,101)]
count=0
while len(value)>0:
pointValue=min(value)
count+=1
for i in range(len(value)-1,-1,-1):
if value[i]==pointValue:
if bindex[i]==100:
del aindex[i],bindex[i],value[i]
else:
bindex[i]+=1
value[i]*=aindex[i]
print(count)
time: <1s