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Let \(f(X,Y)=aX^3+bX^2Y+cXY^2+dY^3\) be a binary cubic form with rational integer coefficients of discrimiant equal to \(D=D(f)\). The main result of this paper is the proof that, for \(D>5{.65}\cdot 10^{65}\), the number of representations of~1 by the form \(f\) is at most equal to seven. This improves upon the upper bound 10 obtained previously by \textit{M. Bennett} [Trans. Am. Math. Soc. 353, 1507-1534 (2001; Zbl 0972.11014)]. The author proves also that, under some suitable conditions, then the number of representations of~1 by \(f\) is at most five for \(D>361\), cf. the conjecture of \textit{A. Pethő} [Number Theory, Ulm 1987, Lect. Notes Math. 1380, 185-196 (1989; Zbl 0677.10012)] and \textit{F. Lippok} [J. Symb. Comput. 15, 297-313 (1993; Zbl 0780.11012)]. This long paper contains a detailed presentation of a geometrical study of binary cubic forms. It presents old and new information on lattices, quadratic forms and cubic forms (for example Hessians, reduction of binary forms, etc.). Among the new studies one may notice the ``displaced lattices in the logarithm space''. These studies lead to new geometric gap principles which play an important role in the final proof where linear forms in logarithms appear. Certainly, the new geometrical information developed in this paper will be useful in future research.