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Almost universal ternary sums of pentagonal numbers

Number Theory 2021-02-17 v4

Abstract

For each integer xx, the xx-th generalized pentagonal number is denoted by P5(x)=(3x2x)/2P_5(x)=(3x^2-x)/2. Given odd positive integers a,b,ca,b,c and non-negative integers r,sr,s, we employ the theory of ternary quadratic forms to determine when the sum aP5(x)+2rbP5(y)+2scP5(z)aP_5(x)+2^rbP_5(y)+2^scP_5(z) represents all but finitely many positive integers.

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@article{arxiv.2007.10910,
  title  = {Almost universal ternary sums of pentagonal numbers},
  author = {Hai-Liang Wu and Li-Yuan Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2007.10910},
  year   = {2021}
}

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