Problem Analysis #5

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Problem Statement

Find

a6+b6+c6+d6+e6a^6 + b^6 + c^6 + d^6 + e^6

for natural numbers a,b,c,d,ea,b,c,d,e satisfying

{a+b+c+d+e=231a2+b2+c2+d2+e2=14003a3+b3+c3+d3+e3=997227a4+b4+c4+d4+e4=77752499a5+b5+c5+d5+e5=6386215731\begin{cases} a + b + c + d + e = 231 \\ a^{2} + b^{2} + c^{2} + d^{2} + e^{2} = 14003 \\ a^{3} + b^{3} + c^{3} + d^{3} + e^{3} = 997227 \\ a^{4} + b^{4} + c^{4} + d^{4} + e^{4} = 77752499 \\ a^{5} + b^{5} + c^{5} + d^{5} + e^{5} = 6386215731 \end{cases}
Ground Truth
540937826363
Execution Trace
Reasoning Process

[PYTHON] S1 = 231 S2 = 14003 S3 = 997227 S4 = 77752499 S5 = 6386215731

Calculate elementary symmetric polynomials e1, e2, e3, e4, e5

e1 = S1

e1 = S1

2e2 = e1*S1 - S2

e2 = (e1 * S1 - S2) // 2

3e3 = e2S1 - e1S2 + S3

e3 = (e2 * S1 - e1 * S2 + S3) // 3

4e4 = e3S1 - e2S2 + e1*S3 - S4

e4 = (e3 * S1 - e2 * S2 + e1 * S3 - S4) // 4

5e5 = e4S1 - e3S2 + e2S3 - e1S4 + S5

e5 = (e4 * S1 - e3 * S2 + e2 * S3 - e1 * S4 + S5) // 5

print(f"{e1=}") print(f"{e2=}") print(f"{e3=}") print(f"{e4=}") print(f"{e5=}")

Calculate S6

S6 = e1S5 - e2S4 + e3S3 - e4S2 + e5*S1

S6 = e1 * S5 - e2 * S4 + e3 * S3 - e4 * S2 + e5 * S1 print(f"{S6=}") [/PYTHON]

Tool Output
[PYTHON OUTPUT] e1=231 e2=19679 e3=769461 e4=13696848 e5=87805620 S6=540937826363 [/PYTHON OUTPUT]
Reasoning Process

The elementary symmetric polynomials e1,e2,e3,e4,e5e_1, e_2, e_3, e_4, e_5 for the variables a,b,c,d,ea, b, c, d, e can be determined from the power sums Sk=ak+bk+ck+dk+ekS_k = a^k + b^k + c^k + d^k + e^k using Newton's sums. The relations are: \begin{align*} e_1 &= S_1 \ 2e_2 &= e_1 S_1 - S_2 \ 3e_3 &= e_2 S_1 - e_1 S_2 + S_3 \ 4e_4 &= e_3 S_1 - e_2 S_2 + e_1 S_3 - S_4 \ 5e_5 &= e_4 S_1 - e_3 S_2 + e_2 S_3 - e_1 S_4 + S_5 \end{align*} Using the given values: S1=231S_1 = 231 S2=14003S_2 = 14003 S3=997227S_3 = 997227 S4=77752499S_4 = 77752499 S5=6386215731S_5 = 6386215731

The calculated elementary symmetric polynomials are: e1=231e_1 = 231 e2=19679e_2 = 19679 e3=769461e_3 = 769461 e4=13696848e_4 = 13696848 e5=87805620e_5 = 87805620

For n=5n=5 variables, the Newton sum for S6S_6 is given by: [ S_6 - e_1 S_5 + e_2 S_4 - e_3 S_3 + e_4 S_2 - e_5 S_1 = 0 ] Thus, [ S_6 = e_1 S_5 - e_2 S_4 + e_3 S_3 - e_4 S_2 + e_5 S_1 ] Substituting the values yields: [ S_6 = 540937826363 ]

\boxed{540937826363}

Final Model Output
540937826363

Comparative Analysis (P5) (Average across runs)

Avg Time Taken

Deepseek-V3.2
55.2
Gemini-3-Pro-Preview
47.5
Grok-4.1-fast
46.2
Claude-Opus-4.5
18.4
GPT-5.1 (high)
15.4

Avg Token Usage

Gemini-3-Pro-Preview
11089.3
Grok-4.1-fast
8581.7
Claude-Opus-4.5
5049.0
Deepseek-V3.2
4802.0
GPT-5.1 (high)
3897.0