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On the number of representations of n as a linear combination of four triangular numbers

Number Theory 2015-11-03 v3

Abstract

Let Z\Bbb Z and N\Bbb N be the set of integers and the set of positive integers, respectively. For a,b,c,d,nNa,b,c,d,n\in\Bbb N let t(a,b,c,d;n)t(a,b,c,d;n) be the number of representations of nn by ax(x1)/2+by(y1)/2+cz(z1)/2+dw(w1)/2ax(x-1)/2+by(y-1)/2+cz(z-1)/2 +dw(w-1)/2 (x,y,z,wZ(x,y,z,w\in\Bbb Z). In this paper we obtain explicit formulas for t(a,b,c,d;n)t(a,b,c,d;n) in the cases (a,b,c,d)=(1,2,2,4), (1,2,4,4), (1,1,4,4), (1,4,4,4)(a,b,c,d)=(1,2,2,4),\ (1,2,4,4),\ (1,1,4,4),\ (1,4,4,4), (1,3,9,9), (1,1,3,9)(1,3,9,9),\ (1,1,3,9), (1,3,3,9)(1,3,3,9), (1,1,9,9), (1,9,9,9)(1,1,9,9),\ (1,9,9,9) and (1,1,1,9).(1,1,1,9).

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@article{arxiv.1507.03485,
  title  = {On the number of representations of n as a linear combination of four triangular numbers},
  author = {Min Wang and Zhi-Hong Sun},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1507.03485},
  year   = {2015}
}

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18 pages