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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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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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