42 was the last remaining number below 100 which could not be expressed as the sum of three cubes (*) - UNTIL NOW
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(*) barring numbers for which this known to be IMPOSSIBLE - see previous videos.

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Andrew Booker: http://www.bristol.ac.uk/maths/people/andrew-r-booker/overview.html
Andrew Sutherland: https://math.mit.edu/directory/profile.php?pid=272
Charity Engine: https://www.charityengine.com

42: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6tINlNluuY

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