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An effective estimate for the sum of two cubes problem

Number Theory 2024-06-11 v3

Abstract

Let f(x,y)Z[x,y]f(x, y) \in \mathbb{Z}[x, y] be a cubic form with non-zero discriminant, and for each integer mZm \in \mathbb{Z}, let, Nf(m)=#{(x,y)Z2:f(x,y)=m}N_{f}(m)=\#\left\{(x, y) \in \mathbb{Z}^{2}: f(x, y)=m\right\} . In 1983, Silverman proved that Nf(m)>Ω((logm)3/5)N_{f}(m)>\Omega\left((\log |m|)^{3 / 5}\right) when f(x,y)=x3+y3f(x, y)=x^{3}+y^{3}. In this paper, we obtain an explicit bound for Nf(m)N_f(m), namely, showing that Nf(m)>4.2×106(logm)11/13N_{f}(m)>4.2\times 10^{-6}(\log |m|)^{11/13} (holds for infinitely many integers m), when f(x,y)=x3+y3f(x, y)=x^{3}+y^{3}.

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@article{arxiv.2403.17955,
  title  = {An effective estimate for the sum of two cubes problem},
  author = {Saunak Bhattacharjee},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2403.17955},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

7 pages, some calculations corrected, and the results of Prof. Stewart added

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