Chapter
The Coolness of Number 42
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The speaker spent time researching why 42 is considered a cool number and found out that it was the answer given by a supercomputer as the only number left under 100 for which the equation of X to the cube plus Y to the cube plus Z to the cube is N and was not known to not have a solution. The number 42 has since been made famous by the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
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Exploring the significance of the number 42, which was famously referenced in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy as the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything.
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Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Summary
Exploring the significance of the number 42, which was famously referenced in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy as the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything. It's also the only number under 100 that has an unknown solution in the equation X^3 + Y^3 + Z^3 = N.