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Ireland number theory

Problem

Prove that the product of six consecutive positive integers cannot be a perfect cube.
Solution
Because is not a perfect cube, we only need to consider products with . Let , and , then Because , we have , hence cannot be a perfect cube.

Techniques

Techniques: modulo, size analysis, order analysis, inequalitiesPolynomial operations