MHB 6n^3 + 3 is not a perfect 6th power.

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Prove that the number 6n3 + 3 cannot be a perfect sixth power of
an integer for 'any natural number n.​3
 
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Re: 6n^3+3 is not a perfect 6th power.

If we consider modulo 7, then 6n^3 + 7 is 2, 3 or 4 but 6-th powers of any integer are 0 or 1 modulo 7. Hence, QED.
 

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Seemingly by some mathematical coincidence, a hexagon of sides 2,2,7,7, 11, and 11 can be inscribed in a circle of radius 7. The other day I saw a math problem on line, which they said came from a Polish Olympiad, where you compute the length x of the 3rd side which is the same as the radius, so that the sides of length 2,x, and 11 are inscribed on the arc of a semi-circle. The law of cosines applied twice gives the answer for x of exactly 7, but the arithmetic is so complex that the...
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