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Another 2009 Problem (Posted on 2006-12-26)

Determine analytically if x³+y⁴=2009 has any solution in integers.

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Working mod 13 or mod 17 shows there are no possible answers. I got up to these numbers after trying mod 2, 3, 5, 7, and 11... the hard way!

PS. I don't know what happened, but I had answered this before, and my answer "got away"... can somebody delete answers?

Posted by Old Original Oskar! on 2006-12-26 11:13:23

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