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Hardy-Ramanujan Numbers & Cube Properties

Hardy-Ramanujan Numbers & Cube Properties

Explore the fascinating world of numbers that can be expressed as the sum of two cubes in two different ways, along with interesting properties of cube numbers.

By M. Raja Rao, MSc, MEd

3D Cube Visualization

Observe a rotating cube demonstrating the three-dimensional nature of cube numbers

3³ = 27
4³ = 64
5³ = 125
6³ = 216
2³ = 8
7³ = 343

Hardy-Ramanujan Numbers

Numbers like 1729, 4104, 13832 are known as Hardy-Ramanujan Numbers. They can be expressed as the sum of two cubes in two different ways.

1729 = 1³ + 12³ = 9³ + 10³
1729
= 1³ + 12³
= 9³ + 10³
4104
= 2³ + 16³
= 9³ + 15³

Cube Numbers

A number obtained when a number is multiplied by itself three times is called a cube number.

2 × 2 × 2 = 8, so 8 is a cube number (2³)

Cubes of even numbers are even and cubes of odd numbers are odd.

Perfect Cubes

A perfect cube can always be expressed as the product of triplets of prime factors.

216 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 3 × 3 = 2³ × 3³ = (2 × 3)³ = 6³

Cube Roots

The cube root of a number x is the number whose cube is x. It is denoted by ∛x.

∛8 = 2, because 2³ = 8
∛27 + ∛0.008 + ∛0.064 = 3 + 0.2 + 0.4 = 3.6

Ending Digits of Cubes

Cubes of numbers ending with digits 0, 1, 4, 5, 6 and 9 end with the same digits respectively.

Cube of a number ending in 2 ends in 8, and cube root of a number ending in 8 ends in 2.

Cube of a number ending in 3 ends in 7, and cube root of a number ending in 7 ends in 3.

Special Cube Facts

The cube of 100 (100³) will have 6 zeroes.

The cube of 0.3 is 0.027.

The cube of 0.4 is 0.064.

There are 8 perfect cubes between 1 and 1000.

1 m³ = 1,000,000 cm³

Cube of a positive integer is positive, and cube of a negative integer is negative.

Educational content created by M. Raja Rao, MSc, MEd

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