What is number theory?
“Mathematics is the queen of the sciences and number theory is the queen of mathematics.” - Guass
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Tag: Number Theory
33, 42 and “Sums of Three Cubes”
Let us write 29 as 29 = x³ + y³ + z³, plug in any integers for x, y, z. One set of solutions is 29 = 3³ + 1³ + 1³. Pretty simple and intuitive, right? Similarly, how about 30? Not so much. The only known solution involves ... Read more