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  2. Sums of three cubes - Wikipedia

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    In the mathematics of sums of powers, it is an open problem to characterize the numbers that can be expressed as a sum of three cubes of integers, allowing both positive and negative cubes in the sum. A necessary condition for an integer to equal such a sum is that cannot equal 4 or 5 modulo 9, because the cubes modulo 9 are 0, 1, and −1, and ...

  3. Cube (algebra) - Wikipedia

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    Cube (algebra) y = x3 for values of 1 ≤ x ≤ 25. In arithmetic and algebra, the cube of a number n is its third power, that is, the result of multiplying three instances of n together. The cube of a number or any other mathematical expression is denoted by a superscript 3, for example 23 = 8 or (x + 1)3. The cube is also the number ...

  4. Proof of Fermat's Last Theorem for specific exponents

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    Therefore, since their product is a cube, they are each the cube of smaller integers, r and s. 18w = r 3 3w 2 + v 2 = s 3. By the lemma above, since s is odd and its cube is equal to a number of the form 3w 2 + v 2, it too can be expressed in terms of smaller coprime numbers, e and f. s = e 2 + 3f 2. A short calculation shows that v = e(e 2 − ...

  5. Sum of two cubes - Wikipedia

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    Cabtaxi numbers are numbers that can be expressed as a sum of two integer cubes in n ways, allowing the cubes to be negative or zero as well as positive. The smallest cabtaxi number, after Cabtaxi (1), is 91, [5] expressed as: or. The smallest Cabtaxi number expressed in 3 different ways is 4104, [6] expressed as. , or.

  6. Proof by exhaustion - Wikipedia

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    Proof by exhaustion can be used to prove that if an integer is a perfect cube, then it must be either a multiple of 9, 1 more than a multiple of 9, or 1 less than a multiple of 9. [3] Proof: Each perfect cube is the cube of some integer n, where n is either a multiple of 3, 1 more than a multiple of 3, or 1 less than a multiple of 3. So these ...

  7. Packing problems - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. Packing problems are a class of optimization problems in mathematics that involve attempting to pack objects together into containers. The goal is to either pack a single container as densely as possible or pack all objects using as few containers as possible. Many of these problems can be related to real-life packaging, storage and ...

  8. Sphere packing - Wikipedia

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    Sphere packing finds practical application in the stacking of cannonballs. In geometry, a sphere packing is an arrangement of non-overlapping spheres within a containing space. The spheres considered are usually all of identical size, and the space is usually three- dimensional Euclidean space. However, sphere packing problems can be ...

  9. Fermat's factorization method - Wikipedia

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    Fermat's factorization method, named after Pierre de Fermat, is based on the representation of an odd integer as the difference of two squares: That difference is algebraically factorable as ; if neither factor equals one, it is a proper factorization of N. Each odd number has such a representation. Indeed, if is a factorization of N, then.