An expression is a sixth power, that is it can be expressed as . Given that you can choose and from , where is allowed. How many different possible expressions are there for ?
Input your final answer as its digit sum.
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The number 6 has 4 factors, namely 1 , 2 , 3 and 6 .
As such , 4 cases are classified:
Case i: m is already a power of 6 . There are 4 such numbers (1, 64, 729, 4096). This expression is also equivalent to ( x 6 ) n .
The number of expressions is 4 x 7102 = 28408.
Case ii: m is a power of 3 (but not a power of 2 ). There are ⌊ 3 7 1 0 2 ⌋ = 1 9 such numbers. Excluding the past 4 powers of 6 , we have 1 5 such numbers. This expression is also equivalent to ( x [ 3 ] ) [ n ] ) . In order to have a sixth power, n must be a multiple of 2 . There are ⌊ 2 7 1 0 2 ⌋ = 3 5 5 1 value for n .
The number of expressions is 15 x 3551 = 53265.
Case iii: m is a power of 2 (but not a power of 3 ). There are ⌊ 2 7 1 0 2 ⌋ = 8 4 such numbers. Excluding the past 4 powers of 6 , we have 8 0 such numbers. This expression is also equivalent to ( x [ 2 ] ) [ n ] ) . In order to have a sixth power, n must be a multiple of 3 . There are ⌊ 3 7 1 0 2 ⌋ = 2 3 6 7 value for n .
The number of expressions is 80 x 2367 = 189360.
Case iv: m is a power of 1 (but not a power of 2 , 3 , 6 ). There are 7 1 0 2 such numbers. Excluding the past (80 + 15 + 4) powers of 2 , 3 and 6 , we have 7 0 0 3 such numbers. This expression is also equivalent to ( x [ 1 ] ) [ n ] ) . In order to have a sixth power, n must be a multiple of 6 . There are ⌊ 6 7 1 0 2 ⌋ = 1 1 8 3 value for n .
The number of expressions is 7003 x 1183 = 8284549.
There are in total 2 8 4 0 8 + 5 3 2 6 5 + 1 8 9 3 6 0 + 8 2 8 4 5 4 9 = 8 5 5 5 5 8 2 expressions. Its digit sum is 8 + 5 + 5 + 5 + 5 + 8 + 2 is 3 8