Project Euler Problem #56 Solution

euler-56.py

from itertools import *

pairs = product(range(1, 100), range(1, 100))
exponentials = imap(lambda pair: pair[0] ** pair[1], pairs)
strings = imap(lambda exponential: str(exponential), exponentials)
sums = imap(lambda string: sum(map(lambda digit: int(digit), string)), strings)

print max(sums)