Main conjecture on limited prime power sums

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Let nn be a natural number greater than 2323. A prime power is a number PkP^k where PP is prime and k2k\geq 2 is an integer. Main conjecture on limited prime power sums. Every natural number n>23n>23 can be expressed as a sum

n=i=1mPiki,n=\sum_{i=1}^{m}P_i^{k_i},

where each PiP_i is prime, each ki2k_i\geq 2 is an integer, and 2m52\leq m\leq 5. The conjecture is supported by exhaustive computation through 10710^7 and sampled checks at larger values, but no proof is given; establishing the bound of five summands remains open.

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Julius Stricker, “On the Representation of Integers as Sums of Limited Prime Powers”, arXiv:2508.01686 (2025).

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