Covering integers by $x^2 + dy^2$
Number Theory
2024-10-31 v2
Abstract
What proportion of integers may be expressed as for some , with integers? Writing as for some , we show that the answer is , where is the Gaussian distribution function . A consequence of this is a phase transition: almost none of the integers can be represented by with , but almost all of them can be represented by with .
Cite
@article{arxiv.2401.04817,
title = {Covering integers by $x^2 + dy^2$},
author = {Ben Green and Kannan Soundararajan},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2401.04817},
year = {2024}
}
Comments
35 pages, to appear in Journal of the Institute of Mathematics of Jussieu. Minor revisions from first version