Two cubes?

Let n be an integer. Can both n + 3 and n^{2} + 3 be perfect cubes. If Yes,For How Many Integers n ?


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Dhinesh Ganesan
Jul 26, 2014

If Both n + 3 and n 2 n^{2} + 3 are cubes,the their product must also be a cube. so ( n + 3 ) ( n 2 + 3 ) = n 3 + 3 n 2 + 3 n + 9 = ( n + 1 ) 3 + 8 (n+3)({ n }^{ 2 }+3)={ n }^{ 3 }+3{ n }^{ 2 }+{ 3n }+{ 9 }={ (n+1) }^{ 3 }+8 This can be a perfect cube only if it is 8 more than another perfect cube. The only pairs of perfect cubes that differ by 8 are (−8, 0) and (0, 8). So we must have n n = -1, -3. For neither of these solutions is n 2 n^{2} + 3 a perfect cube.

Therefore, if n is an integer, n n + 3 and n 2 n^{2} + 3 cannot both be perfect cubes.

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