Divisible by 12: a^3 + b^3 = c^2

Hans Havermann pxp at rogers.com
Thu Oct 28 00:57:59 CEST 2004


James Buddenhagen wrote:

> Lemma 2:  If gcd(a,b)=1 and a^3 + b^3 = c^2 then either
>   (1)  a+b and a^2-a*b+b^2 are both squares or
>   (2)  a+b and a^2-a*b+b^2 are both 3 times squares.


Is it possible for c^2 to be a "taxicab" number, c^2 = a1^3 + b1^3 = 
a2^3 + b2^3, where both gcd(a1,b1)=1 and gcd(a2,b2)=1?






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