Exactly which positive integers cannot be expressed as the sum of j positive k-th powers? This paper utilizes theoretical and computational techniques to answer this question for k≤9. Results from Waring's problem are used throughout to catalogue the sets of such integers. These sets are then considered in a general setting, and several curious properties are established.
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