Find Cube Pairs: A N^2/3 Solution in C++

A number is given. We have to find two pairs, that can represent the number as sum of two cubes. So we have to find two pairs (a, b) and (c, d) such that the given number n can be expressed as n = a³ + b³ = c³ + d³

The idea is simple. Here every number a, b, c and d are all less than n^1/3. For every distinct pair (x, y) formed by number less than n^1/3, if their sum (x³ + y³) is equal to the given number, we store them into hash table with the sum value as key, then if the same sum comes again, them simply print each pair

Algorithm

getPairs(n):
begin
   cube_root := cube root of n
   map as int type key and pair type value
   for i in range 1 to cube_root, do
      for j in range i + 1 to cube_root, do
         sum = i3 + j3
         if sum is not same as n, then skip next part, go to second iteration
         if sum is present into map, then print pair, and (i, j),
         else insert (i,j) with corresponding sum into the map
      done
   done
end

Example

Live Demo

#include <iostream>
#include <cmath>
#include <map>
using namespace std;
int getPairs(int n){
   int cube_root = pow(n, 1.0/3.0);
   map<int, pair<int, int> > my_map;
   for(int i = 1; i<cube_root; i++){
      for(int j = i + 1; j<= cube_root; j++){
         int sum = i*i*i + j*j*j;
         if(sum != n)
         continue;
         if(my_map.find(sum) != my_map.end()){
            cout << "(" << my_map[sum].first << ", " << my_map[sum].second << ") and (" << i << ", " << j << ")" << endl;
         }else{
            my_map[sum] = make_pair(i, j);
         }
      }
   }
}
int main() {
   int n = 13832;
   getPairs(n);
}

Output

(2, 24) and (18, 20)