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Multimagic Series

$n$ numbers form a $p$-multimagic series if the sum of their $k$th powers is the Magic Constant of degree $k$ for every $k=1$, ..., $p$. The following table gives the number of $p$-multimagic series $N_p$ of given orders $n$ (Kraitchik 1942).

$n$ $N_1$ $N_2$ $N_3$
2 2    
3 8    
4 86 2 2
5 1,394 8 2
6 0 98 0
7 0 1,844 0
8 0 38,039 115
9 0 0 41
10 0 0 0
11 0 0 961


References

Kraitchik, M. ``Multimagic Squares.'' §7.10 in Mathematical Recreations. New York: W. W. Norton, pp. 176-178, 1942.




© 1996-9 Eric W. Weisstein
1999-05-26