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We use recurrence equations (alias difference equations) to enumerate the number of formula-representations of positive integers using only addition and multiplication, and using addition, multiplication, and exponentiation, where all the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2013-06-25 Edinah K. Gnang , Doron Zeilberger

Let $a_k(n)$ denotes the number of representations of a non-negative integer $n$ as sum of $k$ quadratic forms of the type $x^2+xy+y^2$ and $a_{\lambda_1,\lambda_2,\lambda_3\dots\lambda_k}(n)$ denotes the number of representations $n$ as a…

History and Overview · Mathematics 2024-01-23 Kritika Kashyap

Let $k\ge 1$ be an integer. A positive integer $n$ is $k$-\textit{gleeful} if $n$ can be represented as the sum of $k$th powers of consecutive primes. For example, $35=2^3+3^3$ is a $3$-gleeful number, and $195=5^2+7^2+11^2$ is $2$-gleeful.…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-07-15 Sara Moore , Jonathan P. Sorenson

Suppose a positive integer $n$ is written as a sum of squares of $m$ integers. What can one say about the value $T$ of the sum of these $m$ integers itself? Which $T$ can be obtained if one considers all possible representations of $n$ as a…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2019-02-22 Detlev W. Hoffmann

In 2016 Izadi and Nabardi (b) showed (4-2-4) has infinitely many integer solutions. They used a specific congruent number elliptic curve.In 2019 Janfada and Nabardi,item C, showed that a necessary condition for n to have an integral…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2022-08-23 Seiji Tomita , Oliver Couto

An positive even number is said to be a Kronecker number if it can be written in infinitely many ways as the difference between two primes, and it is believed that all even numbers are Kronecker numbers. We will study the division and…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2024-11-20 Sayan Goswami , Wen Huang , XiaoSheng Wu

Let $Q$ be a positive-definite quaternary quadratic form with prime discriminant. We give an explicit lower bound on the number of representations of a positive integer $n$ by $Q$. This problem is connected with deriving an upper bound on…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2022-06-02 Jeremy Rouse , Katherine Thompson

Let $f_4(n)$ be the number of hyperquaternary representations of $n$ and $b_4(n)$ be the number of balanced quaternary representations of $n$. We show that there is no integer $k$ such that $f_4(n+k)=b_4(n)$ for all $n\ge -k$, in contrast…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-05-08 Katie Anders , Madeline L. Dawsey , Rajat Gupta , Noah Lebowitz-Lockard , Joseph Vandehey

In 1957 N.C. Ankeny provided a new proof of the three squares theorem using geometry of numbers. This paper generalizes Ankeny's technique, proving exactly which integers are represented by $x^2 + 2y^2 + 2z^2$ and $x^2 + y^2 + 2z^2$ as well…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2015-09-10 Gabriel Durham

Let $n$ be a non-negative integer and put $p_{n}(x)=\prod_{i=0}^{n}(x+i)$. In the first part of the paper, for given $n$, we study the existence of integer solutions of the Diophantine equation $$ y^m=p_{n}(x)+\sum_{i=1}^{k}p_{a_{i}}(x), $$…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2018-09-13 Szabolcs Tengely , Maciej Ulas

In this paper we examine the diophantine equation $x^k-y^k=x-y$ where $k$ is a positive integer $\geq 2$, and consider its applications. While the complete solution of the equation $x^k-y^k=x-y$ in positive rational numbers is already known…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2016-03-22 Ajai Choudhry , Jarosław Wróblewski

Let $A,B,C,D$ be rational numbers such that $ABC \neq 0$, and let $n_1>n_2>n_3>0$ be positive integers. We solve the equation $$ Ax^{n_1}+Bx^{n_2}+Cx^{n_3}+D = f(g(x)),$$ in $f,g \in \mathbb{Q}[x]$. In sequel we use Bilu-Tichy method to…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2015-12-10 Maciej Gawron

The article is devoted to the investigation of representation of rational numbers by Cantor series. Necessary and sufficient conditions for a rational number to be representable by a positive Cantor series are formulated for the case of an…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2019-04-23 Symon Serbenyuk

In this note we consider the title Diophantine equation from both theoretical as well as experimental point of view. In particular, we prove that for $k=4, 6$ and each choice of the signs our equation has infinitely many co-prime positive…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-08-26 Maciej Ulas

For an arbitrary given $k\geq3,$ we consider a possibility of representation of a positive number $n$ by the form $x_1...x_k+x_1+...+x_k, 1\leq x_1\leq ... \leq x_k.$ We also study a question on the smallest value of $k\geq3$ in such a…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2015-08-19 Vladimir Shevelev

In this paper we use the theory of modular forms to find formulas for the number of representations of a positive integer by certain class of quadratic forms in eight variables, viz., forms of the form $a_1x_1^2 + a_2 x_2^2 + a_3 x_3^2 +…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2016-07-19 B. Ramakrishnan , Brundaban Sahu , Anup Kumar Singh

For the positive integer $n$, let $f(n)$ denote the number of positive integer solutions $(n_1,\,n_2,\,n_3)$ of the Diophantine equation $$ {4\over n}={1\over n_1}+{1\over n_2}+{1\over n_3}. $$ For the prime number $p$, $f(p)$ can be split…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2011-07-28 Chaohua Jia

We establish some upper bounds for the number of integer solutions to the Thue inequality $|F(x , y)| \leq m$, where $F$ is a binary form of degree $n \geq 3$ and with non-zero discriminant $D$, and $m$ is an integer. Our upper bounds are…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2015-08-17 Shabnam Akhtari

If an irreducible fraction $\frac mn>0$ can be decomposed into the sum of several irreducible proper fractions with different denominators, and the positive number smaller than $\frac mn$ in fractional ideal $\frac 1n\mathbb Z$ can not be…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-02-27 Sunben Chiu , Pingzhi Yuan , Hongjian Li

Let $\mathcal{R}$ denote the set of integers $n$ that can be represented as the sum $n = x^2 + y^2$ with $(x,y) = 1$. Let $a$ and $b$ be integers with $a>0$, $a \nmid b$. We show that for sufficiently large positive integer $N$ there are…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2026-05-26 Artyom Radomskii