
Just in case you’re begining to wonder the origin of this number, it is as random and as special as being our parents only child.
1729 is the only number in the vast infinite boulevard of all numbers that exists as the sum of cubes of two numbers in two different ways.
Just like how you don’t seem to believe what I said, I too wasn’t quite sure who to believe.
Ramanujan and Hardy’s number is 1729. There’s a lot of history to this number. Who thought that the number of a carriage which initially seemed ‘dull’ to Hardy could be made to have infinite worth by Ramanujan.