English

On partitions of integers with restrictions involving squares

Number Theory 2021-05-27 v2

Abstract

In this paper, we study partitions of positive integers with restrictions involving squares. We mainly establish the following two results (which were conjectured by Sun in 2013): (i) Each positive integer nn can be written as n=x+y+zn=x+y+z with x,y,zx,y,z positive integers such that x2+y2+z2x^2+y^2+z^2 is a square, unless nn has the form n=2a3bn=2^{a}3^{b} or 2a72^{a}7 with aa and bb nonnegative integers. (ii) Each integer n>7n>7 with n11,14,17n\not=11,14,17 can be written as n=x+y+2zn=x+y+2z with x,y,zx,y,z positive integers such that x2+y2+2z2x^2+y^2+2z^2 is a square.

Keywords

Cite

@article{arxiv.2105.03416,
  title  = {On partitions of integers with restrictions involving squares},
  author = {Chao Huang and Zhi-Wei Sun},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2105.03416},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

11 pages. Add the current Theorems 1.1-1.2