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Taxi-cab (taxicab) or Hardy-Ramanujan numbers: the smallest number that is the sum of 2 cubes in n ways (an infinite sequence). |
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| 2, 1729, 87539319, 6963472309248, 48988659276962496, 24153319581254312065344
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OFFSET
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1,1
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REFERENCES
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C. Boyer, "Les nombres Taxicabs", in Dossier Pour La Science, pp. 26-28, Volume 59 (Jeux math') April/June 2008 Paris.
C. S. Calude, E. Calude and M. J. Dinneen, What is the value of Taxicab(6)?, J. Universal Computer Science, 9 (2003), 1196-1203.
R. K. Guy, Unsolved Problems in Number Theory, D1.
J. Silverman, Taxicabs and Sums of Two Cubes, American Mathematical Monthly, Volume 100, Issue 4 (Apr., 1993), 331-340.
D. Wells, The Penguin Dictionary of Curious and Interesting Numbers. Penguin Books, NY, 1986, 165 and 189.
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LINKS
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Anonymous, taxicab numbers
D. J. Bernstein, Enumerating solutions to p(a) + q(b) = r(c) + s(d)
D. Bill, Durango Bill's Ramanujan Numbers and The Taxicab Problem
C. Boyer, New upper bounds on Taxicab and Cabtaxi numbers
C. S. & E. Calude and M. T. Dinneen, What is the value of Taxicab(6)?
U. Hollerbach, The sixth taxicab number is 24153319581254312065344, posting to the NMBRTHRY mailing list, Mar 09 2008
J. C. Meyrignac, The Taxicab Problem
Number Theory Archive, Sixth Taxicab Number?
I. Peterson, Math Trek, Taxicab Numbers
I. Peterson, Math Trek, Taxicab Numbers
Randall L. Rathbun, Posting to Number Theory List
W. Schneider, Taxicab Numbers
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Link to a section of The World of Mathematics.
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Link to a section of The World of Mathematics.
Wikipedia, Taxicab number
D. W. Wilson, The Fifth Taxicab Number is 48988659276962496, J. Integer Sequences, Vol. 2, 1999, #99.1.9.
D. W. Wilson, Taxicab Numbers
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CROSSREFS
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Cf. A023050, A003826, A001235, A047696.
Sequence in context: A002490 A160224 A129061 this_sequence A080642 A108331 A162554
Adjacent sequences: A011538 A011539 A011540 this_sequence A011542 A011543 A011544
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KEYWORD
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nonn,nice,hard
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AUTHOR
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N. J. A. Sloane (njas(AT)research.att.com), Robert G. Wilson v (rgwv(AT)rgwv.com)
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EXTENSIONS
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David W. Wilson (davidwwilson(AT)comcast.net) reports a(6) <= 8230545258248091551205888. [But see next line! ]
Randall L. Rathbun has shown that a(6) <= 24153319581254312065344.
C. S. Calude, E. Calude and M. J. Dinneen, What is the value of Taxicab(6)?, 2003, show that with high probability, a(6) = 24153319581254312065344.
a(6), confirmed by Uwe Hollerbach, communicated by Schneelocke [Christian Schroeder] (sloane-sequences(AT)gl00on.net), Mar 09 2008
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