Generalised Sylvester's conjecture for two prime factors

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Let ℓ1\ell_1 and ℓ2\ell_2 be distinct primes different from 33, and let nn be one of

n=ℓ1ℓ2,n=ℓ12ℓ2,n=ℓ12ℓ22.n=\ell_1\ell_2,\qquad n=\ell_1^2\ell_2,\qquad n=\ell_1^2\ell_2^2.

Generalised Sylvester's conjecture. If n≢±1(mod9)n\not\equiv\pm1\pmod9, then

rk⁡E−432n2(Q)={{0,2},ℓ1ℓ2≡2(mod3),1,ℓ1≡ℓ2≡2(mod3),{1,3},ℓ1≡ℓ2≡1(mod3).\operatorname{rk}E_{-432n^2}(\mathbb{Q})=\begin{cases}\{0,2\},&\ell_1\ell_2\equiv2\pmod3,\\1,&\ell_1\equiv\ell_2\equiv2\pmod3,\\\{1,3\},&\ell_1\equiv\ell_2\equiv1\pmod3.\end{cases}

If n≡±1(mod9)n\equiv\pm1\pmod9, then

rk⁡E−432n2(Q)={{1,3},ℓ1ℓ2≡2(mod3),{0,2},ℓ1≡ℓ2≡2(mod3),{0,2,4},ℓ1≡ℓ2≡1(mod3).\operatorname{rk}E_{-432n^2}(\mathbb{Q})=\begin{cases}\{1,3\},&\ell_1\ell_2\equiv2\pmod3,\\\{0,2\},&\ell_1\equiv\ell_2\equiv2\pmod3,\\\{0,2,4\},&\ell_1\equiv\ell_2\equiv1\pmod3.\end{cases}

This is the two-prime specialization of the generalized prediction. The paper proves the relevant Selmer parity and rank bounds, but the displayed exact rank alternatives depend on the stated Tate–Shafarevich parity assumption.

References

Primary source

Dipramit Majumdar and Pratiksha Shingavekar, “Cube sum problem for integers having exactly two distinct prime factors”, arXiv:2211.17118 (2022).

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