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In mathematics, the characteristic equation (or auxiliary equation [1]) is an algebraic equation of degree n upon which depends the solution of a given n th-order differential equation [2] or difference equation.
This is a linear Diophantine equation, related to Bézout's identity. + = + The smallest nontrivial solution in positive integers is 12 3 + 1 3 = 9 3 + 10 3 = 1729.It was famously given as an evident property of 1729, a taxicab number (also named Hardy–Ramanujan number) by Ramanujan to Hardy while meeting in 1917. [1]