is an integer.
Is ever a perfect cube?
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Assume that there is an integer a such that 2 0 1 6 n + 3 = a 3 .
⇔ 2 0 1 6 n = a 3 − 3 ( 1 )
Let a = 7 m + r , where m is an integer and r ∈ { 0 , ± 1 , ± 2 , ± 3 }
Testing all the cases, we can conclude that a 3 − 3 is not divisible by 7.
However, 2 0 1 6 n is divisible by 7. According to ( 1 ) , this is clearly a contradiction.
Therefore, there is no such a that 2 0 1 6 n + 3 = a 3 . In other words, 2 0 1 6 n + 3 isn't a perfect cube.
Hence, the answer is n o .