The 2-1 equation
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is a special case of Fermat's Last Theorem with , and so has no solution. The smallest values
for which -1, -2, etc., have solutions are 23, 19, 24, 23, 16, 27, and 7, corresponding to
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(Lander et al. 1967).
References
Lander, L. J.; Parkin, T. R.; and Selfridge, J. L. ``A Survey of Equal Sums of Like Powers.'' Math. Comput.
21, 446-459, 1967.
© 1996-9 Eric W. Weisstein
1999-05-24