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