Elliptic curves containing sequences of consecutive cubes

Abstract: Let

E

be an elliptic curve over

m a t h b b Q

described by

y^{2} = x^{3} + K x + L

where

K, L i n m a t h b b Q

. A set of rational points

(x_{i}, y_{i}) i n E (m a t h b b Q)

for

i = 1, 2, c d o t s, k

, is said to be a sequence of consecutive cubes on

E

if the

x -

coordinates of the points

x_{i}

's for

i = 1, 2, c d o t s

form consecutive cubes. In this note, we show the existence of an infinite family of elliptic curves containing a length-

5

-term sequence of consecutive cubes. Morever, these five rational points in

E (m a t h b b Q)

are linearly independent and the rank

r

of

E (m a t h b b Q)

is at least

5

.

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