Euler conjectured that at least th Powers are required for to provide a sum that
is itself an th Power. The conjecture was disproved by Lander and Parkin (1967) with the
counterexample
See also Diophantine Equation
References
Lander, L. J. and Parkin, T. R. ``A Counterexample to Euler's Sum of Powers Conjecture.'' Math. Comput. 21, 101-103, 1967.