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Digit Power Sum

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The number 512 is interesting because it is equal to the sum of its digits raised to some power: 5+1+2=8, and 83=512. Another example of a number with this property is 614656=284.

We shall define an to be the nth term of this sequence and insist that a number must contain at least two digits to have a sum.

You are given that a2=512 and a10=614656.

Find a30.

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