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Sums of four squares with a certain restriction

Number Theory 2020-12-02 v2

Abstract

In 2016, while studying restricted sums of integral squares, Sun posed the following conjecture: Every positive integer nn can be written as x2+y2+z2+w2x^2+y^2+z^2+w^2 (x,y,z,wN={0,1,})(x,y,z,w\in\mathbb{N}=\{0,1,\cdots\}) with x+3yx+3y a square. Meanwhile, he also conjectured that for each positive integer nn there exist integers x,y,z,wx,y,z,w such that n=x2+y2+z2+w2n=x^2+y^2+z^2+w^2 and x+3y{4k:kN}x+3y\in\{4^k:k\in\mathbb{N}\}. In this paper, we confirm these conjectures via some arithmetic theory of ternary quadratic forms.

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@article{arxiv.2010.02067,
  title  = {Sums of four squares with a certain restriction},
  author = {Yue-Feng She and Hai-Liang Wu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2010.02067},
  year   = {2020}
}

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