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The Perfect Cube (Posted on 2003-08-12) Difficulty: 3 of 5
Can both n + 3 and n^2 + 3 be perfect cubes if n is an integer ?

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Some Thoughts My Idea | Comment 10 of 21 |
Just put n = 5 and observe that (n+3) is a perfect cube but (n²+3) is not. This is one example and there may exist infinitely many such counterexamples.
  Posted by Ravi Raja on 2003-08-14 04:27:41
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