A new application of Davenport's method (Q1179584)

Let \(\nu(n)\) be the number of representations of a natural number \(n\) as the sum of six cubes and two biquadrates of natural numbers. Assuming the Riemann hypothesis for a certain Hasse-Weil global \(L\)-function, \textit{C. Hooley} obtained [Acta Math. 157, 49-97 (1986; Zbl 0614.10038)] \(\nu(n)=AF(n)+O(n^{453/304+\varepsilon})\), where \(A=\Gamma(4/3)^ 6\Gamma(5/4)^ 2\Gamma(5/2)^{-1}\) and \(F(n)=S(n)n^{3/2}\) with \(S(n)\) being the singular series in the Hardy-Littlewood method. In this paper the author proves the following inequality unconditionally. \[ \nu(n)\geq(48)^{-2}\log^ 4(16/15)AF(n) \] for all sufficiently large \(n\). The proof depends essentially on a recent estimate for the number of solutions of certain cubic equations due to \textit{R. C. Vaughan} [Theorem A in J. Reine Angew. Math. 365, 122-170 (1986; Zbl 0574.10046)].