Taxicab Numbers

Steven D'Aprano steven at REMOVE.THIS.cybersource.com.au
Thu Dec 27 22:16:00 EST 2007


I hate having to correct myself...

On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 02:31:50 +0000, Steven D'Aprano wrote:

> You seem to be treating n as the number to be split into the sum of
> cubes, 

Not quite...  in your code, n appears to be the largest number to test. 
That is, if n is twelve, you test up to 12 cubed.

> but that's not what n is supposed to be. n is the number of
> distinct sums.

That remains true.

-- 
Steven.



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