Taxicab number
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In mathematics, the nth taxicab number, typically denoted Ta or Taxicab, is defined as the smallest integer that can be expressed as a sum of two positive integer cubes in n distinct ways. The most fa
Srinivasa Ramanujan (picture) was bedridden when he developed the idea of taxicab numbers, according to an anecdote from G. H. Hardy.
Putney
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Putney is an affluent district in southwest London, England, in the London Borough of Wandsworth, five miles southwest of Charing Cross. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major ce
Taxicab number
…involving mathematicians G. H. Hardy and Srinivasa Ramanujan. As told by Hardy: I remember once going to see him [Ramanujan] when he was lying ill at Putney. I had ridden in taxi-cab No. 1729, and remarked that the number seemed to be rather a dull one, and that I hoped it was not an unfavourable omen. "No…
Putney Bridge at night
Hartley Memorial Obelisk
Putney Bridge at night
Putney Bridge