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1729 and Taxi Cabs - Numberphile

2012-02-28

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The number 1729 is "famous" among mathematicians. Why?

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Featuring Dr James Grime and Professor Roger Bowley.

1729 is known as the Hardy--Ramanujan number or "Taxi Cab Number".

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