Small solutions of additive cubic congruences. (Q1590717)

The author proves that it is always possible to find a solution for \(a_1x_1^3+\cdots+a_sx_s^3 \equiv 0 \pmod{m}\), with \(a_1,\cdots,a_s\) integers and \(s\geq 3\), such that \(0 < \max_{1\leq i\leq s} \, | x_i| \leq m^{\frac{1}{2} + \eta_s}\), where either \(\eta_s = 1/(2s)\) if \(s\) is odd, or \(\eta_s = 1/(2s-2)\) if \(s\) is even. The proof has an elementary character and improves, in the cubic case, a previous result of \textit{R. C. Baker} [Mathematika 30, 164--188 (1983; Zbl 0532.10011)].