tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2433841880619171855.post850993513812551036..comments2024-03-27T21:09:44.320+00:00Comments on Pat'sBlog: On This Day in Math - September 7Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2433841880619171855.post-5745597405699769072012-09-07T15:54:29.365+01:002012-09-07T15:54:29.365+01:00"[251] is the smallest integer that can be th..."[251] is the smallest integer that can be the sum of three cubes in two different ways. 251 = 23+33+63 = 13+53+53" These both sum to 119 and none of them are cubes. Am I missing something?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04695529464526586188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2433841880619171855.post-35643347406122070342012-09-07T15:51:01.312+01:002012-09-07T15:51:01.312+01:00Yes, what Polya said was "If there is a probl...Yes, what Polya said was "If there is a problem you can't solve, <br />then there is an easier problem you can solve: find it."Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04695529464526586188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2433841880619171855.post-66748901362227931002012-09-07T09:47:56.960+01:002012-09-07T09:47:56.960+01:00Hi Pat,
Reading Polya's quote, I thought: hey...Hi Pat,<br /><br />Reading Polya's quote, I thought: hey, there something weird in it! I would prefer to find an easy problem that I <i>can</i> solve.Arjen Dijksmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09450431291713605237noreply@blogger.com