Out of pure boredom, about three months ago I tried calculating the solutions for the numbers 1 through 1000 myself with a basic Numbers/Excel spreadsheet. Since then, I've put in maybe 12 hours of trial-and-error work off and on, and found solutions for ~73% of the solvable numbers, and included the ones using massive numbers that were detailed in Numberphile's vids related to this topic.
Is there an index somewhere on the internet of solutions that have been found already? Thus far Google and DDG have failed me. Obviously such a list would include at least one, but not the solution for each solvable number, as there are infinitely many solutions for them.
I can, if you like, post my own list; feel free to jump in with any that I have missed.
Is there an index somewhere on the internet of solutions that have been found already? Thus far Google and DDG have failed me. Obviously such a list would include at least one, but not the solution for each solvable number, as there are infinitely many solutions for them.
I can, if you like, post my own list; feel free to jump in with any that I have missed.
