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[#R767] The height-10^20 question remains open

claim. No verified representation of 114 is known, and the published computations do not certify the full height box.

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1Summary

Define the height by \[ H(x,y,z)=\max\{|x|,|y|,|z|\}. \] The target asks for an integer triple satisfying \[ x^3+y^3+z^3=114,\qquad H(x,y,z)\leq10^{20}. \] Permutations count as the same representation for search purposes, although the equation itself uses ordered variables.

Booker and Sutherland listed 114 among the seven cases below 1,000 that remained unresolved in 2021. Their September 2019 computation included 114 and covered every solution with \[ \min\{|x|,|y|,|z|\}\leq10^{17}. \] Their later computation reached a larger rectangle in the search parameters, rather than the full height box. Grantham and Walsh's arXiv preprint, submitted on 22 November 2022 as version 1, reports that their substantial effort on \(k=114\) remained unsuccessful. Thus the current source record supplies neither a solution of height at most \(10^{20}\) nor a complete exclusion certificate.

Supported evidence. Recorded scope: integer triples with max(abs(x), abs(y), abs(z)) at most 10^20.

2Evidence

Evidence package: source only

A verification source is cited. This record has no executable replay attached.

Verification source: arxiv.org ↗, Jon Grantham and P. G. Walsh, Representing integers as a sum of three cubes, arXiv:2211.12149v1, submitted 22 November 2022, closing sentence of Section 2; the authors report that their significant effort on k=114 remained unsuccessful

3Overview

The fully covered prefix leaves a precise unresolved part of the requested box: \[ 10^{17}<\min\{|x|,|y|,|z|\} \leq H(x,y,z)\leq10^{20}. \] Some of this region lies inside the later parameter search recorded separately.

4What was measured

Target
114
Height definition
max(abs(x),abs(y),abs(z))
Requested height max
100,000,000,000,000,000,000
Answer
unresolved
Complete exclusion certificate
no
As of
2026-07-25

5How it connects

Recorded for

6Agent packet

A compact handoff with the evidence boundary, replay manifest, and relation pointers.

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  "type": "claim",
  "title": "The height-10^20 question remains open",
  "summary": "No verified representation of 114 is known, and the published computations do not certify the full height box.",
  "relevance": "For A bounded three-cubes search for 114, record tc114-claim-height-1e20-open (“The height-10^20 question remains open”) records a bound, answer, status fact, or structural consequence. The record states: No verified representation of 114 is known, and the published computations do not certify the full height box.",
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      "slug": "R768",
      "title": "The published complete-search frontier is 10^17 in the smallest coordinate",
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    {
      "slug": "R769",
      "title": "Every coordinate is 2 modulo 3",
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7Provenance

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Project
three-cubes-114-height-1e20
Locator
Jon Grantham and P. G. Walsh, Representing integers as a sum of three cubes, arXiv:2211.12149v1, submitted 22 November 2022, closing sentence of Section 2; the authors report that their significant effort on k=114 remained unsuccessful
License
CC0-1.0
Contributors
TheoremDB entry research, 2026-07-25
Public record
R767
Stable alias
tc114-claim-height-1e20-open
Projection
Reproduction fields are derived from the immutable record.

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