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Solve Diophantus’s Problem B–8: To find two numbers
such that their difference and the difference of their cubes
are equal to two given numbers. (Write the equations as
x − y = a, x3 − y3 = b. Diophantus takes a = 10, b =
2120.) Derive necessary conditions on a and b that ensure
a rational solution.

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