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New results similar to Lagrange's four-square theorem

Number Theory 2024-12-06 v3

Abstract

In this paper we establish some new results similar to Lagrange's four-square theorem. For example, we prove that any integer n>1n>1 can be written as w(5w+1)/2+x(5x+1)/2+y(5y+1)/2+z(5z+1)/2w(5w+1)/2+x(5x+1)/2+y(5y+1)/2+z(5z+1)/2 with w,x,y,zZw,x,y,z\in\mathbb Z. Let aa and bb be integers with a>0a>0, b>ab>-a and gcd(a,b)=1\gcd(a,b)=1. When 2ab2\nmid ab, we show that any sufficiently large integer can be written as w(aw+b)2+x(ax+b)2+y(ay+b)2+z(az+b)2\frac{w(aw+b)}2+\frac{x(ax+b)}2+\frac{y(ay+b)}2+\frac{z(az+b)}2 with w,x,y,zw,x,y,z nonnegative integers. When 2a2\mid a and 2b2\nmid b, we prove that any sufficiently large integer can be written as w(aw+b)+x(ax+b)+y(ay+b)+z(az+b)w(aw+b)+x(ax+b)+y(ay+b)+z(az+b) with w,x,y,zw,x,y,z nonnegative integers.

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@article{arxiv.2411.14308,
  title  = {New results similar to Lagrange's four-square theorem},
  author = {Zhi-Wei Sun},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2411.14308},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

19 pages, refined version with typos corrected