Thursday, October 21, 2010

Integers that are both perfect squares and cubes

64 is the first number after 1 to be both a square and a cube: 64 = 8^2 = 4^3.

Let's find few others.

The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences gives


0, 1, 64, 729, 4096, 15625, 46656, 117649, 262144, 531441, 1000000, 1771561, 2985984, 4826809, 7529536, 11390625, 16777216, 24137569, 34012224, 47045881, 64000000, 85766121, 113379904, 148035889, 191102976, 244140625, 308915776

0 = 0^3 = 0^2
1 = 1^3 = 1^2
64 = 4^3 = 8^2
729 = 9^3 = 27^2
4096 = 16^3 = 64^2
15625 = 25^3 = 125^2
46656 = 36^3 = 216^2
117649 = 49^3 = 343^2
etc.

A pattern emerges..... Do you see it?




2 comments:

  1. that's pretty cool...it should be something around: p^6 were p equals prime number :)
    that's nice...:) nice topic

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  2. n^6, n is positive AND negative integer

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