A020897 Sum of two nonzero rational cubes.

2, 6, 7, 9, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 22, 26, 28, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35, 37, 42, 43, 48, 49, 50, 51, 53, 54, 56, 58, 61, 62, 63, 65, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 75, 78, 79, 84, 85, 86, 87, 89, 90, 91, 92, 94, 96, 97, 98, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 110, 114, 115, 117, 120

Offset

1,1

Comments

n such that x^3 + y^3 = n*z^3 has a solution in nonnegative integers x,y,z.

Dolan on page 37 states: "Equation 1 is insoluble if n = 31, 38, 67, 76 or 95." - Michael Somos, Nov 18 2021

See the Selmer 1951 article pp. 357-360, Table 6, "The number g of generators and the basic solutions of the equation X^3 + Y^3 = AZ^3, A cubefree and <= 500. - Michael Somos, Feb 15 2022

Links

Table of n, a(n) for n=1..65.

S. W. Dolan, On expressing numbers as the sum of two cubes, The Mathematical Gazette, Vol. 66, No. 436 (Mar., 1982), pp. 31-38. See table of solutions on page 32. - Michael Somos, Nov 18 2021

Steven R. Finch, On a Generalized Fermat-Wiles Equation [broken link]

Steven R. Finch, On a Generalized Fermat-Wiles Equation [From the Wayback Machine]

Ernst S. Selmer, The diophantine equation ax^3 + by^3 + cz^3 = 0, Acta Math. 85 (1951), pp. 203-362.

Example

6*21^3 = 37^3 + 17^3, 7*3^3 = 5^3 + 4^3, 9*1^3 = 2^3 + 1^3, 12*39^3 = 89^3 + 19^3, 13*3^3 = 7^3 + 2^3, 15*294^3 = 683^3 + 397^3, ... - Michael Somos, Nov 18 2021
31*42^3 = 137^3 + (-65)^3, 67*1323^3 = 5353^3 + 1208^3. - Michael Somos, Feb 12 2022

Mathematica

(* A naive program with a few pre-computed terms *) nmax = 120; xmax = 2000; CubeFreePart[n_] := Times @@ Power @@@ ({#[[1]], Mod[#[[2]], 3]} & /@ FactorInteger[n]); nn = Reap[Do[n = CubeFreePart[x*y*(x+y)]; If[1 < n <= nmax, Sow[n]], {x, 1, xmax}, {y, x, xmax}]][[2, 1]] // Union; A020897 = Select[ Union[nn, nn*2^3, nn*3^3, nn*4^3, {17, 31, 53, 67, 71, 79, 89, 94, 97, 103, 107}], # <= nmax &] (* Jean-François Alcover, Apr 02 2012 *)

Crossrefs

Subsequence of A159843.

Sequence in context: A344167 A061416 A190247 * A020898 A184779 A200926

Adjacent sequences: A020894 A020895 A020896 * A020898 A020899 A020900

Keyword

nonn,nice

Author

Steven Finch

Extensions

Offset corrected by Arkadiusz Wesolowski, Aug 15 2013

Status

approved