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		tomd3v on Sept 6, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 42 is found to be the sum of three cubes > Mathematicians are interested in which natural numbers k can be expressed as a sum of three cubes. Why?

kadoban on Sept 6, 2019 | [–]

Because simple questions with no known simple answers are fun to study and can lead to actually useful techniques sometimes.

0-_-0 on Sept 6, 2019 | [–]

That's a question that even Mathematics can not answer

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