The cubic case of Vinogradov's mean value theorem (Q6044270)

Vinogradov's mean value theorem concerns the integer \(J_{s,k}(X)\) defined as the number of integer solutions, satisfying \(1\leq x_1,\dots,x_{2s}\leq X\), of the simultaneous equations \[ x_1^j+\cdots+x_s^j=x_{s+1}^j+\cdots+x_{2s}^j\quad(1\leq j\leq k), \] where \(X\geq 1\) is an arbitrary real number, and \(s, k\) are positive integers, which one treats as being fixed. The various forms of the Vinogradov's mean value theorem give upper bounds for \(J_{s,k}(X)\). In the paper under review, which is the first paper appearing in the new established journal \textit{Essential Number Theory}, the author gives a self-contained proof of the above theorem for the cubic case \(k=3\), by showing that \(J_{6,3}(X)\ll_\varepsilon X^{6+\varepsilon}\) for any fixed \(\varepsilon>0\).