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Tight universal triangular forms

Number Theory 2021-06-23 v1

Abstract

For a subset SS of nonnegative integers and a vector a=(a1,,ak)\mathbf{a}=(a_1,\dots,a_k) of positive integers, let VS(a)={a1s1++aksk:siS}{0}V'_S(\mathbf{a})=\{ a_1s_1+\cdots+a_ks_k : s_i\in S\} \setminus \{0\}. For a positive integer nn, let T(n)\mathcal T(n) be the set of integers greater than or equal to nn. In this paper, we consider the problem of finding all vectors a\mathbf{a} satisfying VS(a)=T(n)V'_S(\mathbf{a})=\mathcal T(n), when SS is the set of (generalized) mm-gonal numbers and nn is a positive integer. In particular, we completely resolve the case when SS is the set of triangular numbers.

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@article{arxiv.2106.11630,
  title  = {Tight universal triangular forms},
  author = {Mingyu Kim},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2106.11630},
  year   = {2021}
}