Nicomachus was born in Roman Syria (now Jerash, Jordan) around 100 AD
MATHEMATICS · Multi-part · CBSE · Mathematics · Number Play · Number Play
Problem
Nicomachus was born in Roman Syria (now Jerash, Jordan) around 100 AD. He wrote in Greek and was a Pythagorean. He discovered an interesting number pattern involving cubes and the sums of odd numbers. Find the series of odd numbers with sum equal to:
(1) 53
(2) 73
(3) 123