Problem Analysis #7

31.17s
5,433 toks
Problem Statement

Let a,b,c,da,b,c,d be positive integers satisfying

{a+b+c+d=35,a2+b2+c2+d2=439,a3+b3+c3+d3=6377,a4+b4+c4+d4=98803.\begin{cases} a+b+c+d=35,\\ a^2+b^2+c^2+d^2=439,\\ a^3+b^3+c^3+d^3=6377,\\ a^4+b^4+c^4+d^4=98803. \end{cases}

Define the monic quartic

F(x)=(xa)(xb)(xc)(xd).F(x)=(x-a)(x-b)(x-c)(x-d).

Let UU be the set of integer quadruples (u,v,w,t)(u,v,w,t) with 0u,v,w,t80\le u,v,w,t\le 8 such that

  • u+v+w+tu+v+w+t is even;

  • F(u)+F(v)+F(w)+F(t)F(u)+F(v)+F(w)+F(t) is divisible by 1212;

  • gcd(u,v,w,t)=1\gcd(u,v,w,t)=1.

Compute

S=(u,v,w,t)U(u2+v2+w2+t2).S=\sum_{(u,v,w,t)\in U}(u^2+v^2+w^2+t^2).
Ground Truth
56040
Execution Trace
Reasoning Process

[THOUGHT] I will first determine the coefficients of the monic quartic (F(x)) using Newton's identities from the given power sums of (a,b,c,d). Then I'll enumerate all integer quadruples ((u,v,w,t)) with each in ([0,8]), check the three given conditions, and accumulate the sum (S=\sum (u^2+v^2+w^2+t^2)) over all valid quadruples. I'll use Python (sympy for symbolic solving and standard math for gcd and iteration) to ensure exact integer results. [/THOUGHT] [PYTHON] from sympy import symbols, Eq, solve import math

Given power sums

p1 = 35 p2 = 439 p3 = 6377 p4 = 98803

Unknown elementary symmetric sums e1,e2,e3,e4

e1, e2, e3, e4 = symbols('e1 e2 e3 e4', integer=True)

Newton's identities for monic quartic with roots a,b,c,d

eq1 = Eq(p1 - e1, 0) eq2 = Eq(p2 - e1p1 + 2e2, 0) eq3 = Eq(p3 - e1p2 + e2p1 - 3e3, 0) eq4 = Eq(p4 - e1p3 + e2p2 - e3p1 + 4*e4, 0)

sol = solve((eq1, eq2, eq3, eq4), (e1, e2, e3, e4), dict=True) sol print("Solutions for e's:", sol)

Extract the solution (should be unique)

e1_val = sol[0][e1] e2_val = sol[0][e2] e3_val = sol[0][e3] e4_val = sol[0][e4] print("e1,e2,e3,e4 =", e1_val, e2_val, e3_val, e4_val)

Define F(x) = (x-a)(x-b)(x-c)(x-d) = x^4 - e1 x^3 + e2 x^2 - e3 x + e4

def F(x): return x4 - e1_val*x3 + e2_valx**2 - e3_valx + e4_val

Enumerate all quadruples (u,v,w,t) with 0<= each <=8

S = 0 count = 0 valid_quads = 0

for u in range(9): for v in range(9): for w in range(9): for t in range(9): # Condition 1: sum even if (u + v + w + t) % 2 != 0: continue # Condition 2: F(u)+F(v)+F(w)+F(t) divisible by 12 val = F(u) + F(v) + F(w) + F(t) if val % 12 != 0: continue # Condition 3: gcd(u,v,w,t) = 1 g = math.gcd(math.gcd(u, v), math.gcd(w, t)) if g != 1: continue # Quadruple is valid valid_quads += 1 S += uu + vv + ww + tt

print("Number of valid quadruples:", valid_quads) print("S =", S)

Tool Output
[PYTHON OUTPUT] Solutions for e's: [{e1: 35, e2: 393, e3: 1589, e4: 1870}] e1,e2,e3,e4 = 35 393 1589 1870 Number of valid quadruples: 624 S = 56040 [/PYTHON OUTPUT]
Reasoning Process

[THOUGHT] Using the computed symmetric sums to form (F(x)) and exhaustively checking all integer quadruples ((u,v,w,t)) in ([0,8]^4) that satisfy the three given conditions yields (624) valid quadruples and the total sum (S = 56040). I will report this as the final answer. [ \boxed{56040} ]

Final Model Output
56040

Comparative Analysis (P7) (Average across runs)

Avg Time Taken

Gemini-3-Pro-Preview
143.0
Deepseek-V3.2
103.3
GPT-5.1 (high)
75.8
Grok-4.1-fast
71.6
Claude-Opus-4.5
27.6

Avg Token Usage

Gemini-3-Pro-Preview
18937.0
GPT-5.1 (high)
10188.0
Grok-4.1-fast
8560.7
Claude-Opus-4.5
8081.0
Deepseek-V3.2
7481.3