Cracking the problem with 33

Andrew R. Booker*

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Abstract

Inspired by the Numberphile video “The uncracked problem with 33” by Browning and Brady Haran (https://youtu.be/wymmCdLdPvM), we investigate solutions to x3+ y3+ z3= k for a few small values of k. We find the first known solutions for k= 33 and k= 795.

Original languageEnglish
Article number26
Number of pages6
JournalResearch in Number Theory
Volume5
Issue number3
Early online date19 Jul 2019
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Sept 2019

Keywords

  • Diophantine equations
  • Hasse principle
  • Sums of three cubes

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