Talk:Taxicab number
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The statement "[Of course this "probability" is merely evidential: the real probability is either 1 or 0, but as yet unknown]" makes little sense, since a probability is always based on a state of knowledge! Thus there is no such concept as "the real probability". (If we knew every detail of a throw of a die (position, velocity, exact shape of die, every detail of its air resistance, etc.), we could say with certainty which face it will end up on.)
[edit] Name
It would be helpful to know the origin of the name "taxicab number". I see no connection between a taxicab and this particular type of number. Squad51 (talk) 05:13, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
