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Modern Puzzles by Henry Ernest Dudeney: $95$
- Squares and Cubes
- Can you find two whole numbers, such that the difference of their squares is a cube and the difference of their cubes is a square?
- What is the answer in the smallest possible numbers?
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Sources
- 1926: Henry Ernest Dudeney: Modern Puzzles ... (previous) ... (next): Arithmetical and Algebraical Problems: Various Arithmetical and Algebraical Problems: $95$. -- Squares and Cubes
- 1968: Henry Ernest Dudeney: 536 Puzzles & Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Arithmetical and Algebraical Problems: Miscellaneous Puzzles: $177$. Squares and Cubes