Solvability of cubic equations in \(p\)-adic integers \((p>3)\) (Q359379)

In the present paper the authors give a criterion for the existence of solutions in \(\mathbb{Z}_p^*\) for \(p>3\) to a cubic equation of the form \(x^3+ax=b\), with \(a,b\in \mathbb{Q}_p\). Moreover, in the case when the equation \(x^3+ax=b\) is solvable, the authors give necessary and sufficient recurrent conditions on a \(p\)-adic number \(x\in \mathbb{Z}_p^*\) under which \(x\) is a solution to the equation.