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Exercise
Write a PASCAL program to find four positive integers
A < B < C < D
for which B↑3 + C↑3 = A↑3 + D↑3. Another way of stating this problem
is: find a positive integer that can be represented two ways as the sum of
two cubes. You may find it useful to look for the smallest such integer, but
any number you find satisfying the above condition is acceptable. Your program
should print this integer as well as its two distinct representations.
Hint: let the outer iteration control D .
Sample Program
PROGRAM SUMOFCUBES ( OUTPUT ) ;
(* THIS PROGRAM FINDS FOUR INTEGERS: 0 < A < B < C < D
FOR WHICH A*A*A + D*D*D = B*B*B + C*C*C *)
VAR A, B, C, D : INTEGER ;
BEGIN
A := 1 ;
B := 2 ;
C := 3 ;
D := 4 ;
WHILE A*A*A + D*D*D <> B*B*B +C*C*C DO
IF A < B - 1 THEN A := A + 1
ELSE
BEGIN
A := 1 ;
IF B < C - 1 THEN B := B + 1
ELSE
BEGIN
B := 2 ;
IF C < D + 1 THEN C := C + 1
ELSE
BEGIN
C := 3 ;
D := D + 1
END
END
END ;
WRITELN ( A, D, B, C )
END.
The program generates values for A, B, C, D in the order:
A B C D
1 2 3 4
1 2 3 5
1 2 4 5
1 3 4 5
2 3 4 5
1 2 3 6
1 2 4 6
1 3 4 6
2 3 4 6
1 2 5 6
1 3 5 6
2 3 5 6
1 4 5 6
2 4 5 6
3 4 5 6
1 2 3 7
etc.
The program, upon finding A↑3 + D↑3 ≠ B↑3 + C↑3, increases the first of
A, B, C, D that can be increased without becoming equal to the next
variable; it sets all the earlier variables back to their initial values.