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A diophantine equation
Glasgow mathematical journal, Tome 26 (1985), pp. 11-18

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I was recently challenged to find all the cases when the sum of three consecutive integral cubes is a square; that is to find all integral solutions x, y ofy2=(x−1)3+x3+(x+1)3=3x(x2+2)This is an example of a curve of genus 1. There is an effective procedure for finding all integral points on a given curve of genus 1 ([1, Theorem 4.2], [2]): that is, it can be guaranteed to find all the integral points and to show that no others exist with a finite amount of work. Unlike some effective procedures, which have only logical interest, this one can actually be carried out in practice, at least with the aid of a computer ([3], [5]). There are, however, older methods for dealing with problems of this kind which, while not effective, very often lead more easily to a complete set of solutions (and a proof that it is complete). I solve the problem here by a technique introduced in [4]. It requires only the elementary theory of algebraic number–fields. The motivation is p–adic, but it is simpler not to introduce p–adic theory overtly. 
Cassels, J. W. S. A diophantine equation. Glasgow mathematical journal, Tome 26 (1985), pp. 11-18. doi: 10.1017/S0017089500006030
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