Problem Analysis #6

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Problem Statement

Seven natural numbers a,b,c,d,e,f,ga,b,c,d,e,f,g satisfy

p1=a+b+c+d+e+f+g=58,p2=a2+b2+c2+d2+e2+f2+g2=666,p3=8944,p4=129846,p5=1972408,p6=30870006,p7=493478344.\begin{aligned} &p_1=a+b+c+d+e+f+g=58,\\ &p_2=a^2+b^2+c^2+d^2+e^2+f^2+g^2=666,\\ &p_3=8944,\quad p_4=129846,\quad p_5=1972408,\quad p_6=30870006,\quad p_7=493478344. \end{aligned}

A faulty mutation appends h=10h=10. Let

P12=a12+b12+c12+d12+e12+f12+g12+h12.P_{12}=a^{12}+b^{12}+c^{12}+d^{12}+e^{12}+f^{12}+g^{12}+h^{12}.

Compute P12P_{12}.

Ground Truth
610072836692326
Execution Trace
Reasoning Process

[THOUGHT] We are given seven natural numbers a,b,c,d,e,f,g with: p1 = sum = 58 p2 = sum of squares = 666 p3 = sum of cubes = 8944 p4 = sum of fourth powers = 129846 p5 = sum of fifth powers = 1972408 p6 = sum of sixth powers = 30870006 p7 = sum of seventh powers = 493478344.

Then h=10 is appended, and we need P12 = sum of twelfth powers of a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h.

We need to compute a^12 + ... + g^12 + 10^12.

We can use Newton's identities to relate power sums to elementary symmetric sums, but we don't have the elementary symmetric sums directly. However, we can use the given power sums to find the elementary symmetric sums e1,...,e7 (since there are 7 variables). Then we can compute power sums for higher orders using Newton's identities recursively.

Let S_k = sum_{i=1}^7 x_i^k for k=1..7 given. Let e_k be the elementary symmetric sum of degree k for the 7 numbers. Then Newton's identities: For k>=1, S_k - e1S_{k-1} + e2S_{k-2} - ... + (-1)^{k-1} e_{k-1} S_1 + (-1)^k k e_k = 0. But careful: For k<=n (n=7), we have: S_k - e1 S_{k-1} + e2 S_{k-2} - ... + (-1)^{k-1} e_{k-1} S_1 + (-1)^k k e_k = 0. For k>n, the formula is: S_k - e1 S_{k-1} + e2 S_{k-2} - ... + (-1)^n e_n S_{k-n} = 0.

We have S1..S7 given. We can solve for e1..e7 using the identities for k=1..7.

Let's compute e1..e7.

Then we want S12 for the original 7 numbers. We can use recurrence: For k>7: S_k = e1 S_{k-1} - e2 S_{k-2} + ... - (-1)^7 e7 S_{k-7}.

We have S1..S7. Compute S8, S9, S10, S11, S12 recursively.

Then add h^12 = 10^12.

Let's implement.

Note: "natural numbers" likely means positive integers? Possibly nonnegative? But given p1=58 and p2=666, they are likely positive integers. But we don't need to find them individually.

We'll compute using Python.

[/THOUGHT] [PYTHON] import sympy as sp

Given power sums for the 7 numbers

S = {} S[1] = 58 S[2] = 666 S[3] = 8944 S[4] = 129846 S[5] = 1972408 S[6] = 30870006 S[7] = 493478344

Newton's identities to find elementary symmetric sums e1..e7

We'll solve recursively.

n = 7 e = [None]*(n+1) # e[0]=1, e[1]..e[7] e[0] = 1

For k=1..n:

for k in range(1, n+1): # Compute sum_{i=1}^{k-1} (-1)^{i-1} e[i] S[k-i] total = 0 for i in range(1, k): total += ((-1)**(i-1)) * e[i] * S[k-i] # Newton identity: S[k] + sum_{i=1}^{k-1} (-1)^i e[i] S[k-i] + (-1)^k k e[k] = 0 # Actually formula: S_k - e1 S_{k-1} + e2 S_{k-2} - ... + (-1)^{k-1} e_{k-1} S_1 + (-1)^k k e_k = 0 # So S[k] + sum_{i=1}^{k-1} ((-1)**i) * e[i] * S[k-i] + (-1)**k * k * e[k] = 0 # Let's compute sum_{i=1}^{k-1} ((-1)**i) * e[i] * S[k-i] sum_term = 0 for i in range(1, k): sum_term += ((-1)i) * e[i] * S[k-i] # Then e[k] = (-1)^(k+1) / k * ( S[k] + sum_term ) e[k] = ((-1)(k+1)) / k * (S[k] + sum_term)

print("Elementary symmetric sums e1..e7:") for i in range(1, n+1): print(f"e[{i}] = {e[i]}")

Now compute S[8], S[9], S[10], S[11], S[12] using recurrence:

For k>n: S_k = e1 S_{k-1} - e2 S_{k-2} + ... - (-1)^n e_n S_{k-n}

Actually formula: S_k - e1 S_{k-1} + e2 S_{k-2} - ... + (-1)^n e_n S_{k-n} = 0

So S_k = e1 S_{k-1} - e2 S_{k-2} + ... + (-1)^{n+1} e_n S_{k-n}

For n=7, sign pattern: S_k = e1 S_{k-1} - e2 S_{k-2} + e3 S_{k-3} - e4 S_{k-4} + e5 S_{k-5} - e6 S_{k-6} + e7 S_{k-7}

Let's compute up to S12.

for k in range(8, 13): total = 0 for i in range(1, n+1): sign = (-1)**(i+1) # i=1: +, i=2: -, i=3: +, ... total += sign * e[i] * S[k-i] S[k] = total print(f"S[{k}] = {S[k]}")

Now P12 = S12 for original 7 numbers + h^12 where h=10

h12 = 10**12 P12 = S[12] + h12 print(f"P12 = {P12}") print(f"P12 integer: {int(P12)}") [/PYTHON]

Tool Output
[PYTHON OUTPUT] Elementary symmetric sums e1..e7: e[1] = 58.0 e[2] = 1349.0 e[3] = 16186.0 e[4] = 107315.0 e[5] = 390238.0 e[6] = 716167.0 e[7] = 510510.0 S[8] = 8012009286.0 S[9] = 131592650488.0 S[10] = 2180082117846.0 S[11] = 36351394706344.0 S[12] = 609072836692326.0 P12 = 610072836692326.0 P12 integer: 610072836692326 [/PYTHON OUTPUT]
Reasoning Process

[THOUGHT] The Python code computed the elementary symmetric sums from the given power sums, then recursively computed S[12] for the original seven numbers, and finally added (10^{12}) to get (P_{12} = 610072836692326). The output is an integer, so this is the final answer. [/THOUGHT] \boxed{610072836692326}

Final Model Output
610072836692326

Comparative Analysis (P6) (Average across runs)

Avg Time Taken

Gemini-3-Pro-Preview
154.5
Grok-4.1-fast
152.2
Deepseek-V3.2
75.5
GPT-5.1 (high)
33.9
Claude-Opus-4.5
24.0

Avg Token Usage

Grok-4.1-fast
36885.0
Gemini-3-Pro-Preview
11914.7
Claude-Opus-4.5
9094.0
GPT-5.1 (high)
6007.3
Deepseek-V3.2
4748.7