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A Note on Cubic Equations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

James Fowler
James Fowler
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Trinity CollegeCambridge
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It was proved by Davenport (2) that a cubic form in n variables with rational coefficients always represents zero if n > 32; and this condition was later (3) relaxed to n ≥ 29. The object of the present paper is to establish conditions under which a cubic form will represent every rational number other than zero, for rational values of the variables. The main result is as follows.

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Research Article
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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 58 , Issue 2 , April 1962 , pp. 165 - 169
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1962

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