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The importance of being 259

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 September 2016

R. L. Goodstein
R. L. Goodstein*
Affiliation:
The University, Leicester LE1 7RH
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The number of the Mathematical Association’s new headquarters in London Road, Leicester is 259.

This number has some quite interesting features. It is for instance the sum of the three squares

32 + 52 + 32 × 52,

and the sum of four cubes

23 + 23 + 33 + 23 × 33 and 13 + 23 + 53 + 53.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 59 , Issue 407 , March 1975 , pp. 1 - 2
Copyright
Copyright © Mathematical Association 1975

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