Ages that are sums of powers in a 19th-century life
Question
An old man whose life spanned the s and s made three remarks, with positive integers: in the calendar year his age was ; in the year his age was ; and in the year his age was . Find .
Short answer
. The only sum of two fourth powers in range is , when he was , so he was born in . Then gives , and gives . So .
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