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On a conjecture of Sun

Number Theory 2021-10-12 v1

Abstract

A number of the form x(x+1)/2x(x+1)/2 where xx is an integer is called a triangular number. Suppose, N(a1,,ak;n)N(a_1,\cdots,a_k;n) and T(a1,,ak;n)T(a_1,\cdots,a_k;n) denote the number of ways nn can be expressed as i=1kaixi2\sum_{i=1}^k a_ix_i^2 and i=1kaixi(xi+1)2\sum_{i=1}^k a_i\frac{x_i(x_i+1)}{2}, respectively. Z.-H. Sun, in \cite{4}, conjectured some relations between T(a,b,c;n)T(a,b,c;n) and N(a,b,c;8n+a+b+c)N(a,b,c;8n+a+b+c). In this paper, we prove these conjectures using theta function identities. Moreover, we add some new triplets (a,b,c)(a,b,c) satisfying these conjectures.

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@article{arxiv.2110.04799,
  title  = {On a conjecture of Sun},
  author = {Srilakshmi Krishnamoorthy and Abinash Sarma},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2110.04799},
  year   = {2021}
}
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