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Life, the Universe and Everything
A Mathematician Just Solved a Deceptively Simple Puzzle That Has Boggled Minds for 64 Years.
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04-03-2019, 03:28 PM | #2 |
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Ok. That's a VERY weird solution, he came up with. This, on the other hand, is elegant: 2^3 + 1^3 + (-1)^3 = 8.
The latter isn't new, but I hadn't seen this type question before. |
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