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Seewoo Lee
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FYI, here's a table of numbers of such primes less than $10^{k}$:

|N       |number of primes |number of primes of the form x^2+y^3 |proportion|
|10      |4                |2                                    |0.5       |
|100     |25               |8                                    |0.32      |
|1000    |168              |40                                   |0.238095  |
|10000   |1229             |192                                  |0.156225  |
|100000  |9592             |1094                                 |0.114053  |
|1000000 |78498            |6098                                 |0.0776835 |
|10000000|665025           |35733                                |0.0537318 |

As Elkies said, this result only allows $x, y>0$. If we allow negative $x$ and $y$, thenIf we allow negative $x$ and $y$, then I found an interesting result: every prime $<10^{6}$ can be expressed as $x^{2} + y^{3}$ for some $x, y\in \mathbb{Z}$. However, I don't have any idea to prove this!

EDIT: I found that the above claim is wrong, and there was a problem of overflow. In fact, $p$ is a sum of square and a cube if and only if the elliptic curve $E_{p}:y^{2} = x^{3} +p$ has an interesting result:integral point. Such an elliptic curve is called every primeMordell's curve, and here's $<10^{6}$OEIS link for $n$ such that $E_{n}$ has no integer points. As you can be expressed assee in the list, $x^{2} + y^{3}$$E_{7}$ has no integral solution, i.e. $7 = x^{3} +y^{2}$ has no integer solution. I think this paper might help - which find all the integral points for some $x, y\in \mathbb{Z}$$|n| < 10^{4}$. However, I don't have any idea to prove this!

FYI, here's a table of numbers of such primes less than $10^{k}$:

|N       |number of primes |number of primes of the form x^2+y^3 |proportion|
|10      |4                |2                                    |0.5       |
|100     |25               |8                                    |0.32      |
|1000    |168              |40                                   |0.238095  |
|10000   |1229             |192                                  |0.156225  |
|100000  |9592             |1094                                 |0.114053  |
|1000000 |78498            |6098                                 |0.0776835 |
|10000000|665025           |35733                                |0.0537318 |

As Elkies said, this result only allows $x, y>0$. If we allow negative $x$ and $y$, then I found an interesting result: every prime $<10^{6}$ can be expressed as $x^{2} + y^{3}$ for some $x, y\in \mathbb{Z}$. However, I don't have any idea to prove this!

FYI, here's a table of numbers of such primes less than $10^{k}$:

|N       |number of primes |number of primes of the form x^2+y^3 |proportion|
|10      |4                |2                                    |0.5       |
|100     |25               |8                                    |0.32      |
|1000    |168              |40                                   |0.238095  |
|10000   |1229             |192                                  |0.156225  |
|100000  |9592             |1094                                 |0.114053  |
|1000000 |78498            |6098                                 |0.0776835 |
|10000000|665025           |35733                                |0.0537318 |

As Elkies said, this result only allows $x, y>0$. If we allow negative $x$ and $y$, then I found an interesting result: every prime $<10^{6}$ can be expressed as $x^{2} + y^{3}$ for some $x, y\in \mathbb{Z}$. However, I don't have any idea to prove this!

EDIT: I found that the above claim is wrong, and there was a problem of overflow. In fact, $p$ is a sum of square and a cube if and only if the elliptic curve $E_{p}:y^{2} = x^{3} +p$ has an integral point. Such an elliptic curve is called Mordell's curve, and here's OEIS link for $n$ such that $E_{n}$ has no integer points. As you can see in the list, $E_{7}$ has no integral solution, i.e. $7 = x^{3} +y^{2}$ has no integer solution. I think this paper might help - which find all the integral points for $|n| < 10^{4}$.

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Seewoo Lee
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FYI, here's a table of numbers of such primes less than $10^{k}$:

|N       |number of primes |number of primes of the form x^2+y^3 |proportion|
|10      |4                |2                                    |0.5       |
|100     |25               |8                                    |0.32      |
|1000    |168              |40                                   |0.238095  |
|10000   |1229             |192                                  |0.156225  |
|100000  |9592             |1094                                 |0.114053  |
|1000000 |78498            |6098                                 |0.0776835 |
|10000000|665025           |35733                                |0.0537318 |

As Elkies said, this result only allows $x, y>0$. If we allow negative $x$ and $y$, then I found an interesting result: every prime $<10^{6}$ can be expressed as $x^{2} + y^{3}$ for some $x, y\in \mathbb{Z}$. However, I don't have any idea to prove this!

FYI, here's a table of numbers of such primes less than $10^{k}$:

|N       |number of primes |number of primes of the form x^2+y^3 |proportion|
|10      |4                |2                                    |0.5       |
|100     |25               |8                                    |0.32      |
|1000    |168              |40                                   |0.238095  |
|10000   |1229             |192                                  |0.156225  |
|100000  |9592             |1094                                 |0.114053  |
|1000000 |78498            |6098                                 |0.0776835 |
|10000000|665025           |35733                                |0.0537318 |

FYI, here's a table of numbers of such primes less than $10^{k}$:

|N       |number of primes |number of primes of the form x^2+y^3 |proportion|
|10      |4                |2                                    |0.5       |
|100     |25               |8                                    |0.32      |
|1000    |168              |40                                   |0.238095  |
|10000   |1229             |192                                  |0.156225  |
|100000  |9592             |1094                                 |0.114053  |
|1000000 |78498            |6098                                 |0.0776835 |
|10000000|665025           |35733                                |0.0537318 |

As Elkies said, this result only allows $x, y>0$. If we allow negative $x$ and $y$, then I found an interesting result: every prime $<10^{6}$ can be expressed as $x^{2} + y^{3}$ for some $x, y\in \mathbb{Z}$. However, I don't have any idea to prove this!

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Seewoo Lee
  • 2.2k
  • 12
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FYI, here's a table of numbers of such primes less than $10^{k}$:

|N       |number of primes |number of primes of the form x^2+y^3 |proportion|
|10      |4                |2                                    |0.5       |
|100     |25               |8                                    |0.32      |
|1000    |168              |40                                   |0.238095  |
|10000   |1229             |192                                  |0.156225  |
|100000  |9592             |1094                                 |0.114053  |
|1000000 |78498            |6098                                 |0.0776835 |
|10000000|665025           |35733                                |0.0537318 |