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Ramanujan's theta functions and linear combinations of four triangular numbers

Number Theory 2019-10-29 v6 Classical Analysis and ODEs

Abstract

Let Z\Bbb Z and Z+\Bbb Z^+ be the set of integers and the set of positive integers, respectively. For a,b,c,d,nZ+a,b,c,d,n\in\Bbb Z^+ let t(a,b,c,d;n)t(a,b,c,d;n) be the number of representations of nn by ax(x+1)/2+by(y+1)/2+cz(z+1)/2+dw(w+1)/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, by using Ramanujan's theta functions φ(q)\varphi(q) and ψ(q)\psi(q) we present many formulas and conjectures on t(a,b,c,d;n)t(a,b,c,d;n).

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@article{arxiv.1812.01109,
  title  = {Ramanujan's theta functions and linear combinations of four triangular numbers},
  author = {Zhi-Hong Sun},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1812.01109},
  year   = {2019}
}

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