4104 - Second Taxicab Number
4104 is the next famous taxicab number after 1729.
Why this number matters
It continues the story of numbers that can be written as two cube sums in two ways.
Background / history
Number theorists track these as Taxicab numbers.
Simple example
4104 = 2³ + 16³ = 9³ + 15³.
Key Facts
- 4104 = 2³ + 16³
- 4104 = 9³ + 15³
Fun fact
It is called Taxicab(2) successor in many references.