What is the magic number in mathematics? Who found it and how?
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Follow us It is 1729. Discovered by mathemagician Srinivas Ramanujan, 1729 is said to be the magic number because it is the sole number which can be expressed as the sum of the cubes of two different sets of numbers. What is the magic number in mathematics? Who found it and how?It is 1729. Discovered by mathemagician Srinivas Ramanujan, 1729 is said to be the magic number because it is the sole number which can be expressed as the sum of the cubes of two different sets of numbers. Ramanujan’s conclusions are summed up as under: 1) 10 3 + 9 3 = 1729 and 2) 12 3 + 1 3 = 1729.— Shaunak Bordoloi, GuwahatiEnd of ArticleFOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA
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