“{Replying to G. H. Hardy's suggestion that the number of a taxi (1729) was 'dull', showing off his spontaneous mathematical genius} No, it is a very interesting number; it is the smallest number expressible as a sum of two cubes in two different ways, the two ways being 13 + 123 and 93 + 103.” HumorScienceInterestingGeniusMathematicsMathSpontaneousHardyNumberG H Hardy Author:Srinivasa Ramanujan Aiyangar