If an A.P has a cube then it has infinite many cubes. This statement is-
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If d = 0 , a are integers, then d ( a + n d ) 3 − a 3 = d 3 a 2 n d + 3 a n 2 d 2 + n 3 d 3 = 3 a 2 n + 3 a d n 2 + d 2 n 3 is a positive integer for infinitely many integers n (since it's cubic in n )
Now, if we suppose a 3 is a cube that is in an arithmetic progression with common difference d = 0 (which needs to at least be rational, but we may assume is an integer), then the above shows that ( a + n d ) 3 = a 3 + ( 3 a 2 n + 3 a d n 2 + d 2 n 3 ) d is also in the arithmetic progression for any n such that 3 a 2 n + 3 a d n 2 + d 2 n 3 > 0 , of which there are infinitely many.
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