MEMO 2010 ekipno problem 7
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arhivaApril 28, 2012 For a nonnegative integer

, define

to be the positive integer with decimal representation

Prove that

is always the sum of two positive perfect cubes but never the sum of two perfect squares.
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For a nonnegative integer $n$, define $a_n$ to be the positive integer with decimal representation
$$1\underbrace{0\ldots0}_{n}2\underbrace{0\ldots0}_{n}2\underbrace{0\ldots0}_{n}1\mbox{.}$$
Prove that $\frac{a_n}{3}$ is always the sum of two positive perfect cubes but never the sum of two perfect squares.
Source: Srednjoeuropska matematička olimpijada 2010, ekipno natjecanje, problem 7