Russian 1996

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Problem 1

Can a majority of the numbers from 1 to a million be represented as the sum of a square and a (non-negative) cube?

 

Solution

No. There are 103 squares and 102 cubes available, so at most 105 sums.

Thanks to Suat Namli

 


 

Russian 1996

© John Scholes
jscholes@kalva.demon.co.uk
12 January 2004
Last corrected/updatd 12 Jan 04