Taxicab number
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taxicab-number-171-14142824
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Taxicab number
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In mathematics, the nth taxicab number, typically denoted Ta(n) or Taxicab(n), is defined as the smallest integer that can be expressed as a sum of two positive integer cubes in n distinct ways. The most famous taxicab number is 1729 = Ta(2) = 1 + 12 = 9 + 10, also known as the Hardy-Ramanujan number. The name is derived from a conversation ca. 1919 involving mathematicians G. H. Hardy and Srinivasa Ramanujan. As told by Hardy: I remember once going to see him [Ramanujan] when he was lying i
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Smallest integer expressable as a sum of two positive integer cubes in n distinct ways
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxicab_number
date created:
2004-03-08T17:05:19Z
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2024-09-01T12:45:16Z
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