Powerful digit sum

56.py

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+def numsum(num):
+	num = str(num)
+	numsum = 0
+	for digit in num:
+		numsum += int(digit)
+	return numsum
+
+maxsum = 0
+for a in range(1,100):
+	for b in range(1,100):
+		digitsum = numsum(pow(a,b))
+		if digitsum > maxsum:
+			maxsum = digitsum
+
+print(maxsum)