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Binary Cubic Forms and Rational Cube Sum Problem

Number Theory 2024-06-03 v4

Abstract

In this note, we use integral binary cubic forms to study the rational cube sum problem. We prove (unconditionally) that for any positive integer dd, infinitely many primes in each of the residue classes 1(mod9d) 1 \pmod {9d} as well as 1(mod9d) -1 \pmod {9d}, are sums of two rational cubes. Among other results, we prove that every non-zero residue class a(modq)a \pmod {q}, for any prime qq, contains infinitely many primes which are sums of two rational cubes. Further, for an arbitrary integer NN, we show there are infinitely many primes pp in each of the residue classes 8(mod9) 8 \pmod 9 and 1(mod9)1 \pmod 9, such that NpNp is a sum of two rational cubes.

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@article{arxiv.2301.06970,
  title  = {Binary Cubic Forms and Rational Cube Sum Problem},
  author = {Somnath Jha and Dipramit Majumdar and B. Sury},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2301.06970},
  year   = {2024}
}