Proofs of Existence and Optimality · Difficult Problems in Number Theory (Optional)

Lesson 7

Nikolai Chukhin · Alexander S. Kulikov

Such a triplet of numbers was found in 2019. More than a million hours of machine time were spent on the search. But verifying the result is instantaneous! 

x = -80538738812075974
y = 80435758145817515
z = 12602123297335631

print(x ** 3 + y ** 3 + z ** 3)

42