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A020898
Positive cubefree integers n such that the Diophantine equation X^3 + Y^3 = n*Z^3 has solutions.
11
2, 6, 7, 9, 12, 13, 15, 17, 19, 20, 22, 26, 28, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35, 37, 42, 43, 49, 50, 51, 53, 58, 61, 62, 63, 65, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 75, 78, 79, 84, 85, 86, 87, 89, 90, 91, 92, 94, 97, 98, 103, 105, 106, 107, 110, 114, 115, 117, 123, 124, 126, 127, 130
OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
These numbers are the cubefree sums of two nonzero rational cubes.
This sequence does not contain A202679, which has members that are not cubefree. - Robert Israel, Mar 16 2016
Notice that 34^3 + 74^3 = 48*21^3 = 6*42^3 because 48 = 6*2^3 is not cubefree, but now 17^3 + 37^3 = 6*21^3 and 6 is already listed in the sequence. - Michael Somos, Mar 13 2023
REFERENCES
B. N. Delone and D. K. Faddeev, The Theory of Irrationalities of the Third Degree, Amer. Math. Soc., 1964.
L. E. Dickson, History of The Theory of Numbers, Vol. 2, Chap. XXI, Chelsea NY 1966.
L. J. Mordell, Diophantine Equations, Academic Press, Chap. 15.
LINKS
David W. Wilson, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..255 (from Finch paper)
J. H. E. Cohn, The £ 450 question, Math. Mag., 73 (no. 3, 2000), 220-226.
Steven R. Finch, On a Generalized Fermat-Wiles Equation [broken link]
Steven R. Finch, On a Generalized Fermat-Wiles Equation [From the Wayback Machine]
EXAMPLE
37^3 + 17^3 = 6*21^3 is the smallest positive solution for n = 6 (found by Lagrange).
5^3 + 4^3 = 7*3^3 is the smallest positive solution for n = 7.
MATHEMATICA
(* A naive program with a few pre-computed terms *) nmax = 130; 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; A020898 = Union[nn, {17, 31, 53, 67, 71, 79, 89, 94, 97, 103, 107, 123}](* Jean-François Alcover, Mar 30 2012 *)
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,nice
AUTHOR
EXTENSIONS
Entry revised by N. J. A. Sloane, Aug 12 2004
Links updated by Max Alekseyev, Oct 17 2007 and Dec 12 2007
STATUS
approved