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Post #218,690
by CRConrad
8/10/05 5:28:05 PM
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New Was going to say, "wasn't it that Indian guy?"...
...but fortunately the Other Scott saved me from the humiliation of not remembering the name.

I *think* the thing about the number is that it's the lowest one that is the sum of two cubes, in two different ways (i'e, it's the lowest one that can be written both A^3+B^3 and C^3+D^3 (where A, B, C, and D are presumably positive integers)). Or was that 1741?


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Post #218,691
by ben_tilly
8/10/05 5:29:52 PM
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New It was the sum of 2 cubes
1729 = 1^3 + 12^3 = 9^3 + 10^3.

Cheers,
Ben
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Post #218,692
by Another Scott
8/10/05 5:34:30 PM
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New Hey, I got his name right. :-)
[link|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1729_(anecdote)|1729].

Thanks.

Cheers,
Scott.
     Can you find the pattern? - (inthane-chan) - (31) - Aug. 10, 2005, 05:06:06 PM EDT
         Looks like there are squares and sums of squares involved... -NT - (Another Scott) - Aug. 10, 2005, 05:13:19 PM EDT
         I recall a series, demo'ed on a blackboard - (Ashton) - (6) - Aug. 10, 2005, 05:19:00 PM EDT
             Ramanujan. - (Another Scott) - Aug. 10, 2005, 05:23:18 PM EDT
             Was going to say, "wasn't it that Indian guy?"... - (CRConrad) - (2) - Aug. 10, 2005, 05:28:05 PM EDT
                 It was the sum of 2 cubes - (ben_tilly) - (1) - Aug. 10, 2005, 05:29:52 PM EDT
                     Hey, I got his name right. :-) - (Another Scott) - Aug. 10, 2005, 05:34:30 PM EDT
             Holy Prodigy, Mathman - (Ashton) - (1) - Aug. 10, 2005, 06:36:00 PM EDT
                 :-) -NT - (Another Scott) - Aug. 10, 2005, 06:39:22 PM EDT
         No, I'm not insane. - (Silverlock) - (4) - Aug. 10, 2005, 10:02:46 PM EDT
             It's a trick. Get an axe. -NT - (tuberculosis) - (1) - Aug. 11, 2005, 06:17:49 PM EDT
                 No arthropoids. No lizards. No invertabrates. No ads. -NT - (inthane-chan) - Aug. 11, 2005, 07:22:56 PM EDT
             What does make me? - (warmachine) - (1) - Aug. 11, 2005, 06:37:53 PM EDT
                 er, lovable nutcase? -NT - (Ashton) - Aug. 11, 2005, 08:29:28 PM EDT
         I knew that. - (imqwerky) - Aug. 10, 2005, 11:40:44 PM EDT
         I reckon none - (warmachine) - (15) - Aug. 11, 2005, 05:21:58 AM EDT
             Cool, thanks. - (inthane-chan) - (14) - Aug. 11, 2005, 09:02:59 AM EDT
                 Que? - (warmachine) - (11) - Aug. 11, 2005, 09:24:50 AM EDT
                     Basically. - (inthane-chan) - (10) - Aug. 11, 2005, 11:09:07 AM EDT
                         Bit of handhacking - (warmachine) - (9) - Aug. 11, 2005, 11:42:33 AM EDT
                             Sorry about that... - (inthane-chan) - Aug. 11, 2005, 11:50:49 AM EDT
                             Actually, it's silly - (warmachine) - (7) - Aug. 15, 2005, 05:33:22 PM EDT
                                 Actually, the whole thing is 'effects based'. - (inthane-chan) - (6) - Aug. 16, 2005, 01:51:54 PM EDT
                                     Real classics should flash or jiggle or fade to black. -NT - (tuberculosis) - Aug. 16, 2005, 03:39:01 PM EDT
                                     That's just plain nuts - (warmachine) - (4) - Aug. 16, 2005, 04:11:57 PM EDT
                                         It helps if you understand the action system. - (inthane-chan) - (3) - Aug. 17, 2005, 10:20:42 AM EDT
                                             Designers aren't maths geeks, then - (warmachine) - (2) - Aug. 17, 2005, 04:29:21 PM EDT
                                                 Whoops, misunderstanding. - (inthane-chan) - (1) - Aug. 17, 2005, 04:37:21 PM EDT
                                                     Different silliness, then - (warmachine) - Aug. 19, 2005, 11:31:28 AM EDT
                 A lot of times that stuff is hand-crafted. - (admin) - (1) - Aug. 11, 2005, 09:54:51 AM EDT
                     Yep. - (inthane-chan) - Aug. 11, 2005, 11:09:41 AM EDT
         You can't do it without spiral-boundedness. -NT - (tuberculosis) - Aug. 15, 2005, 02:51:04 PM EDT

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