On the solvability of two simultaneous symmetric cubic Diophantine equations with applications to sextic Diophantine equations. (Q1414937)

A necessary and sufficient condition for the solvability of the simultaneous Diophantine equations \(C_1(x,y) = C_1(u,v)\) and \(C_2(x,y) = C_2(u,v)\) is provided, where \(C_i(x,y)\), \(i = 1, 2\) are arbitrary binary cubic forms. If the forms \(C_i(x,y)\) have a common factor, the complete solution of these equations is obtained; otherwise, infinitely many solutions are obtained provided the condition of solvability is satisfied. The method has been used to solve some Diophantine problems such as finding triads of cubes with equal sums and equal products, finding two arithmetic progressions of six terms with equal products of terms, as well as for solving certain sextic Diophantine equation of the type \(f(x,y) = f(u,v)\).