Perfect Cubes with Digit-Average at Least 7.5 – Finding and Proving

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I found so far the following perfect cubes with a digit-average (in base $10$) with at least $7.5$ :

2   8   8     8.0000000000000000000000000000000000000
12599   1999899757799   98/13     7.5384615384615384615384615384615384615
947229   849894379779889989   15/2     7.5000000000000000000000000000000000000
989353   968397868897889977   68/9     7.5555555555555555555555555555555555556
999423   998269998594899967   15/2     7.5000000000000000000000000000000000000
2131842   9688689596689799688   144/19     7.5789473684210526315789473684210526316
4081435   67988999959868987875   77/10     7.7000000000000000000000000000000000000
4412259   85897988298989489979   153/20     7.6500000000000000000000000000000000000
88316866   688859969398989879749896   181/24     7.5416666666666666666666666666666666667
92827483   799888999896694787687587   181/24     7.5416666666666666666666666666666666667
168685829   4799939897829789888977789   188/25     7.5200000000000000000000000000000000000
190349299   6896898669898996696577899   38/5     7.6000000000000000000000000000000000000
199898999   7987885999690868996696999   188/25     7.5200000000000000000000000000000000000
203922299   8479966879999469866896899   188/25     7.5200000000000000000000000000000000000
206161559   8762399887998778877999879   188/25     7.5200000000000000000000000000000000000
215357183   9987989686997888778847487   188/25     7.5200000000000000000000000000000000000

Is this list complete ? In other words , is the last displayed perfect cube in fact the largest with digit-average $7.5$ or more ? Or are there further or even infinite many solutions ?

Best Answer

The answer is: NO, the list is not complete, not even close.

$9.654.499.999^3=899889864798996889278963499999\implies 226/30=7.53$

$14.422.489.115^3=2999995888877979877897997595875\implies 233/31=7.52$

$17.087.193.298^3 = 4988984988499998899898893979592\implies 235/31=7.58$

$17.851.232.683^3=5688589987988995688999787955987\implies 235/31=7.58$

$18.751.984.083^3=6593889683979798999578997899787\implies 234/31=7.55$

$19.998.639.899^3=7998367989789967795589578889699\implies 233/31=7.52$

$20.405.777.229^3=8496878797688887969682889979989\implies 234/31=7.55$

$21.253.161.559^3=9599986686699689764859698999879\implies 235/31=7.58$

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I think I will stop here...

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