12 Dec
2012
12 Dec
'12
3:44 p.m.
Dan Asimov: Anyway, as Ramanujan is famous for pointing out to Hardy,
9^3 + 10^3 = 12^3 + 1
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This is a counterexample to Fermat's Last Theorem . . . almost. It's off by one.
QUESTION: Are there other examples of integers x, y, z for which
x^3 + y^3 = z^3 + 1
--see http://www.math.psu.edu/vstein/preprints/Rachel11.ps for a beginning.