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A018888 Write n = m_1^3 + ... +m_k^3 where the m_i are positive integers and k is minimal; sequence gives number for which k = 8 or 9. +0
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15, 22, 23, 50, 114, 167, 175, 186, 212, 231, 238, 239, 303, 364, 420, 428, 454 (list; graph; listen)
OFFSET

1,1

COMMENT

23 and 239 require 9 cubes and no numbers require > 9 cubes.

Sequence is conjectured to be complete.

REFERENCES

Bohman, Jan and Froberg, Carl-Erik; Numerical investigation of Waring's problem for cubes, Nordisk Tidskr. Informationsbehandling (BIT) 21 (1981), 118-122.

K. S. McCurley, An effective seven-cube theorem, J. Number Theory, 19 (1984), 176-183.

J. Roberts, Lure of the Integers, entry 239.

F. Romani, Computations concerning Waring's problem, Calcolo, 19 (1982), 415-431.

LINKS

Jean-Marc Deshouillers, Francois Hennecart and Bernard Landreau; appendix by I. Gusti Putu Purnaba, 7373170279850, Math. Comp. 69 (2000), 421-439.

Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Link to a section of The World of Mathematics.

Index entries for sequences related to sums of cubes

Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Waring's Problem

EXAMPLE

239 = 1^3 + 4(2^3) + 3(3^3) + 5^3 - requires 9 cubes.

MATHEMATICA

nn=10000; t=CoefficientList[Series[Sum[x^(k^3), {k, 0, Floor[nn^(1/3)]}]^7, {x, 0, nn}], x]; Flatten[Position[t, 0]]-1 - T. D. Noe (noe(AT)sspectra.com), Sep 05 2006

CROSSREFS

Cf. A018889.

Sequence in context: A119101 A084931 A066758 this_sequence A115174 A092783 A108638

Adjacent sequences: A018885 A018886 A018887 this_sequence A018889 A018890 A018891

KEYWORD

fini,full,nonn

AUTHOR

Jud McCranie (j.mccranie(AT)comcast.net)

EXTENSIONS

Corrected by T. D. Noe (noe(AT)sspectra.com), Sep 05 2006

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