equation has no non-trivial (i.e. ) solutions in integers. In fact, it has none in Eisenstein integers.

Both of these statements are also true for the equation .

Sum of first n cubes

The sum of the first cubes is the th triangle number squared:

Proofs. gives a particularly simple derivation, by expanding each cube in the sum into a set of consecutive odd numbers. He begins by giving the identity

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