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> A result by Dickson in 1939 showed that every integer (except 23 and 239) can be represented by the sum of 8 non-negative cubes I'm not sure I follow this. W

by weavie 13y ago

> A result by Dickson in 1939 showed that every integer (except 23 and 239) can be represented by the sum of 8 non-negative cubes I'm not sure I follow this. Which 8 cubes add up to 2?

neumino 13y ago
1^3+1^3+0^3+0^3+0^3+0^3+0^3+0^3?
weavie 13y ago
Ah no, scratch that. I forgot about negative numbers... Edit: It seems I forgot about zero as well!