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Dudeney minus one: Dudezero (Posted on 2022-02-01) Difficulty: 3 of 5
Sloane's A046459 has an article on Dudeney numbers, which are integers equal to sum of the digits of their cubes.
For example: 183=5832, and 5+8+3+2=18. Accordingly, 18 is a Dudeney number.
The said article lists 0,1,8,18,26, and 27 as all possible Dudeney numbers.

A Dudezero number is a base 10 nonnegative integer the digits of whose cubes are each reduced by 1 and the said integer is equal to the sum of transformed digits.
For example, 5 is a Dudezero number, since: 53=125, and:
(1-1)+(2-1)+(5-1)=5

Determine all possible Dudezero numbers.

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Absolutely, based on the information you provided, it appears that there are no Dudezero numbers.

Here's why:

The definition of a Dudezero number states that the sum of the digits of its cube, minus one for each digit, must equal the original number. The process of cubing a number and then subtracting one from each digit significantly increases the value. For instance, even a small single-digit number cubed will result in a much larger number after subtracting one from each https://flashessay.com/ digit.

Since Dudezero numbers are restricted to non-negative integers, it becomes impossible to find a number whose digit sum, after being reduced by one, remains less than or equal to the original number. This effectively eliminates the possibility of any Dudezero numbers existing.

  Posted by Arthur Swanson on 2024-03-26 15:54:48
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