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On the Density of Sums of Three Cubes

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Algorithmic Number Theory (ANTS 2006)

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We give evidence that sums of 3 cubes have a positive density, the value of which, 0.0999425..., is that given by a probabilistic model we developed earlier.

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  1. IMB, CNRS, Université Bordeaux 1 – Université Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2, F-33076 Cedex, Bordeaux, France

    Jean-Marc Deshouillers

  2. LAMUSE, Université Jean-Monnet, F-42023 Cedex, Saint-Etienne, France

    François Hennecart

  3. LAREMA, CNRS, Université d’Angers, F-49045 Cedex, Angers, France

    Bernard Landreau

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  1. Technische Universität Berlin, Germany

    Florian Hess

  2. Institut für Mathematik, MA 8–1, Technische Universität Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni 136, 10623, Berlin, Germany

    Sebastian Pauli

  3. Institut für Mathematik, Technische Universität Berlin, Fakultät II, MA 8-1, Strasse des 17. Juni 136, 10623, Berlin, Germany

    Michael Pohst

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Deshouillers, JM., Hennecart, F., Landreau, B. (2006). On the Density of Sums of Three Cubes. In: Hess, F., Pauli, S., Pohst, M. (eds) Algorithmic Number Theory. ANTS 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4076. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11792086_11

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