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Abstract:
We conjecture that 7,373,170,279,850 is the largest integer which cannot be expressed as the sum of four nonnegative integral cubes.References
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Additional Information
- Jean-Marc Deshouillers
- Affiliation: Mathématiques Stochastiques, Université Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2, F-33076 Bordeaux Cedex, France
- Email: J-M.Deshouillers@u-bordeaux2.fr
- François Hennecart
- Affiliation: A2X, Université Bordeaux 1, F-33405 Talence Cedex, France
- Email: hennec@math.u-bordeaux.fr
- Bernard Landreau
- Affiliation: A2X, Université Bordeaux 1, F-33405 Talence Cedex, France
- Email: landreau@math.u-bordeaux.fr
- appendix by I. Gusti Putu Purnaba
- Affiliation: Mathématiques Stochastiques, Université Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2, F-33076 Bordeaux Cedex, France
- Email: landreau@math.u-bordeaux.fr
- Received by editor(s): January 20, 1998
- Published electronically: August 18, 1999
- Additional Notes: Ce travail a été réalisé au sein du laboratoire A2X, UMR CNRS-Bordeaux 1 n$^\circ$ 9936, avec le soutien de l’Université Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2
The work in the Appendix was supported by universities Bordeaux 1 and 2, CNRS (UMR 9936) and a scholarship from the French Government - © Copyright 1999 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Math. Comp. 69 (2000), 421-439
- MSC (1991): Primary 11Y35; Secondary 11P05, 11K99
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0025-5718-99-01116-3
- MathSciNet review: 1651751