/****************************************************************************** * Compilation: javac Ramanujan.java * Execution: java Ramanujan n * * Prints out any number between 1 and n that can be expressed as the * sum of two cubes in two (or more) different ways. * * % java Ramanujan 1728 * * % java Ramanujan 1729 * 1729 = 1^3 + 12^3 = 9^3 + 10^3 * * % java Ramanujan 10000 * 1729 = 1^3 + 12^3 = 9^3 + 10^3 * 4104 = 2^3 + 16^3 = 9^3 + 15^3 * * % java Ramanujan 100000 * 1729 = 1^3 + 12^3 = 9^3 + 10^3 * 4104 = 2^3 + 16^3 = 9^3 + 15^3 * 13832 = 2^3 + 24^3 = 18^3 + 20^3 * 39312 = 2^3 + 34^3 = 15^3 + 33^3 * 46683 = 3^3 + 36^3 = 27^3 + 30^3 * 32832 = 4^3 + 32^3 = 18^3 + 30^3 * 40033 = 9^3 + 34^3 = 16^3 + 33^3 * 20683 = 10^3 + 27^3 = 19^3 + 24^3 * 65728 = 12^3 + 40^3 = 31^3 + 33^3 * 64232 = 17^3 + 39^3 = 26^3 + 36^3 * * % java Ramanujan 100000000 | sort -n // sort results numerically in Unix * 1729 = 1^3 + 12^3 = 9^3 + 10^3 * ... * 87539319 = 167^3 + 436^3 = 228^3 + 423^3 * 87539319 = 167^3 + 436^3 = 255^3 + 414^3 * 87539319 = 228^3 + 423^3 = 255^3 + 414^3 * ... * * Bugs * ---- * If a number can be expressed as a sum of cubes in more than two * different ways, the program prints some duplicates. * ******************************************************************************/ public class Ramanujan { public static void main(String[] args) { // read in one command-line argument int n = Integer.parseInt(args[0]); // for each a, b, c, d, check whether a^3 + b^3 = c^3 + d^3 for (int a = 1; a <= n; a++) { int a3 = a*a*a; if (a3 > n) break; // start at a to avoid print out duplicate for (int b = a; b <= n; b++) { int b3 = b*b*b; if (a3 + b3 > n) break; // start at a + 1 to avoid printing out duplicates for (int c = a + 1; c <= n; c++) { int c3 = c*c*c; if (c3 > a3 + b3) break; // start at c to avoid printing out duplicates for (int d = c; d <= n; d++) { int d3 = d*d*d; if (c3 + d3 > a3 + b3) break; if (c3 + d3 == a3 + b3) { System.out.print((a3+b3) + " = "); System.out.print(a + "^3 + " + b + "^3 = "); System.out.print(c + "^3 + " + d + "^3"); System.out.println(); } } } } } } }