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The cube of a number n is denoted n 3, using a superscript 3, [a] for example 2 3 = 8. The cube operation can also be defined for any other mathematical expression, for example (x + 1) 3. The cube is also the number multiplied by its square: n 3 = n × n 2 = n × n × n. The cube function is the function x ↦ x 3 (often denoted y = x 3) that
64 (2 6) and 729 (3 6) cubelets arranged as cubes ((2 2) 3 and (3 2) 3, respectively) and as squares ((2 3) 2 and (3 3) 2, respectively) In arithmetic and algebra the sixth power of a number n is the result of multiplying six instances of n together. So: n 6 = n × n × n × n × n × n.
Fourth powers are also formed by multiplying a number by its cube. Furthermore, they are squares of squares. Some people refer to n 4 as n tesseracted, hypercubed, zenzizenzic, biquadrate or supercubed instead of “to the power of 4”. The sequence of fourth powers of integers, known as biquadrates or tesseractic numbers, is:
The neat coincidence that 2 10 is nearly equal to 10 3 provides the basis of a technique of estimating larger powers of 2 in decimal notation. Using 2 10a+b ≈ 2 b 10 3a (or 2 a ≈2 a mod 10 10 floor(a/10) if "a" stands for the whole power) is fairly accurate for exponents up to about 100.
In arithmetic and algebra, the seventh power of a number n is the result of multiplying seven instances of n together. So: n 7 = n × n × n × n × n × n × n.. Seventh powers are also formed by multiplying a number by its sixth power, the square of a number by its fifth power, or the cube of a number by its fourth power.
the number of vertices in a 6-cube, the fourth dodecagonal number, [8] and the seventh centered triangular number. [9] Since it is possible to find sequences of 65 consecutive integers (intervals of length 64) such that each inner member shares a factor with either the first or the last member, 64 is the seventh Erdős–Woods number. [10]
Visual proof that 3 3 + 4 3 + 5 3 = 6 3. 216 is the cube of 6, and the sum of three cubes: = = + +. It is the smallest cube that can be represented as a sum of three positive cubes, [1] making it the first nontrivial example for Euler's sum of powers conjecture.
Similarly, the expression b 3 = b · b · b is called "the cube of b" or "b cubed", because the volume of a cube with side-length b is b 3. When an exponent is a positive integer, that exponent indicates how many copies of the base are multiplied together. For example, 3 5 = 3 · 3 · 3 · 3 · 3 = 243.