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PRIMES REPRESENTED BY BINARY CUBIC FORMS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2002

D. R. HEATH-BROWN
Affiliation:
Mathematical Institute, 24–29 St. Giles', Oxford OX1 3LB rhb@maths.ox.ac.uk
B. Z. MOROZ
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Mathematik, Vivatsgasse 7, D-53111 Bonn, Germanymoroz@mpim-bonn.mpg.de
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Abstract

Let $f(x, y)$ be a binary cubic form with integral rational coefficients, and suppose that the polynomial $f(x, y)$ is irreducible in $\mathbb{Q}[x, y]$ and no prime divides all the coefficients of $f$. We prove that the set $f(\mathbb{Z}^{2})$ contains infinitely many primes unless $f(a, b)$ is even for each $(a, b)$ in $\mathbb{Z}^{2}$, in which case the set $\frac{1}{2}f(\mathbb{Z}^{2})$ contains infinitely many primes.

2000 Mathematical Subject Classification: primary 11N32; secondary 11N36, 11R44.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
2002 London Mathematical Society

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