Assume the following is true:
There are no integer solutions satisfying
Then, can we say the following is true?
There exist integer solutions satisfying
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First notice that 1 2 5 = 5 3 , 5 1 2 = 2 9 = 8 3 , 1 = 1 3 so the equation is ( 5 x ) 3 = 1 3 + ( 8 y ) 3 . Fermat's last theorem (the full result by Wiles is actually not necessary, as elementary proofs for the case n = 3 were known by Euler) tell us no solutions exist for non-zero integers. So if a solution were to exist, x = 0 or y = 0 but then we would have, for example, 1 2 5 x 3 = 1 which clearly has no integer solutions.