Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

prouhet-tarry-escott problem

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: prouhet--tar-ry-escot-t prob-lem
IPA

41

Scrabble Score

25

Letters

7

Syllables

14

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The problem of finding two disjoint sets A and B of n integers each, such that ∑_(a∈A)aⁱ=∑_(b∈B)bⁱ for each integer i from 1 to a given k.

Etymology

Named after Eugène Prouhet, who studied it in the early 1850s, and Gaston Tarry and Escott, who studied it in the early 1910s.

Questions

What does prouhet-tarry-escott problem mean?: The problem of finding two disjoint sets A and B of n integers each, such that ∑_(a∈A)aⁱ=∑_(b∈B)bⁱ for each integer i from 1 to a given k.
Where does prouhet-tarry-escott problem come from?: Named after Eugène Prouhet, who studied it in the early 1850s, and Gaston Tarry and Escott, who studied it in the early 1910s.

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