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Squares and Cubes (Posted on 2003-12-06)

What are the two smallest positive whole numbers the difference of whose squares is a cube and the difference of whose cubes is a square ?

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(In reply to re: And after that there's... by Victor Zapana)

Yes, 24576 and 40960 work, as well as 1572864 and 2621440.

Posted by Charlie on 2003-12-06 22:46:42

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