This problem's question is: What is the sum of the 4-digit Babylonian narcissistic numbers?
A narcissistic number is a number in the specified base (the default is base 10) whose length without leading zeroes in the base is the power to which its non-zero digits are raised and then the powers summed and if that sum is the original number, then the number is narcissistic.
For the purposes of this problem, a Babylonian number simply means that its representation is base 60.
For example, a three digit decimal (base 10) number, 153 is narcissistic: .
To help you, the four digit Bablylonian numbers have decimal values between and .
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There is only one four digit base 60 narcissistic number: 5 6 7 9 6 9 9 1 0 or { 2 6 , 1 7 , 4 1 , 3 9 } 6 0 .