English Explanatory Dictionary

Prouhet-Tarry-Escott problem

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. The problem of finding two disjoint sets A and B of n integers each, such that ∑_(a∈A)aⁱ=∑_(b∈B)bⁱ for each integer i from 1 to a given k.

Word forms

Prouhet-Tarry-Escott problem

Etymology

Named after Eugène Prouhet, who studied it in the early 1850s, and Gaston Tarry and Escott, who studied it in the early 1910s.

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