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A272977
Number of ordered ways to write n as x^2 + y^2 + z^2 + w^2 with 3*x^2*y + z^2*w a square, where w is a nonzero integer and x,y,z are nonnegative integers with x >= z.
17
2, 4, 1, 3, 8, 1, 1, 4, 3, 11, 3, 1, 9, 5, 3, 3, 10, 7, 6, 9, 3, 6, 1, 1, 11, 15, 4, 2, 13, 2, 2, 4, 4, 16, 5, 4, 13, 5, 2, 10, 12, 6, 5, 1, 12, 6, 1, 3, 7, 19, 2, 10, 10, 6, 3, 1, 2, 12, 7, 3, 15, 7, 4, 3, 16, 8, 6, 9, 5, 6, 1, 7, 12, 19, 3, 3, 7, 2, 4, 9
OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
Conjecture: (i) a(n) > 0 for all n > 0, and a(n) = 1 only for n = 3, 7, 23, 47, 71, 147, 199, 263, 439, 16^k*m (k = 0,1,2,... and m = 6, 12, 24, 44, 56, 140, 156, 174, 204, 284, 4652).
(ii) For each ordered pair (a,b) = (7,1), (8,1), (9,2), any positive integer can be written as x^2 + y^2 + z^2 + w^2 with a*x^2*y + b*z^2*w a square, where x,y,z are nonnegative integers and w is a nonzero integer.
Compare this conjecture with the one in A270073.
See arXiv:1604.06723 for more refinements of Lagrange's four-square theorem.
LINKS
Zhi-Wei Sun, Refining Lagrange's four-square theorem, arXiv:1604.06723 [math.GM], 2016.
Zhi-Wei Sun, Refine Lagrange's four-square theorem, a message to Number Theory List, April 26, 2016.
EXAMPLE
a(1) = 2 since 1 = 1^2 + 0^2 + 0^2 + 1^2 with 1 > 0 and 3*1^2*0 + 0^2*1 = 0^2, and also 1 = 1^2 + 0^2 + 0^2 + (-1)^2 with 1 > 0 and 3*1^2*0 + 0^2*(-1) = 0^2.
a(3) = 1 since 3 = 1^2 + 0^2 + 1^2 + 1^2 with 1 = 1 and 3*1^2*0 + 1^2*1 = 1^2.
a(6) = 1 since 6 = 2^2 + 0^2 + 1^2 + 1^2 with 2 > 1 and 3*2^2*0 + 1^2*1 = 1^2.
a(7) = 1 since 7 = 1^2 + 1^2 + 1^2 + (-2)^2 with 1 = 1 and 3*1^2*1 + 1^2*(-2) = 1^2.
a(12) = 1 since 12 = 1^2 + 1^2 + 1^2 + (-3)^2 with 1 = 1 and 3*1^2*1 + 1*(-3) = 0^2.
a(23) = 1 since 23 = 3^2 + 1^2 + 3^2 + (-2)^2 with 3 = 3 and 3*3^2*1 + 3^2*(-2) = 3^2.
a(24) = 1 since 24 = 2^2 + 0^2 + 2^2 + 4^2 with 2 = 2 and 3*2^2*0 + 2^2*4 = 4^2.
a(44) = 1 since 44 = 3^2 + 5^2 + 3^2 + 1^2 with 3 = 3 and 3*3^2*5 + 3^2*1 = 12^2.
a(47) = 1 since 47 = 3^2 + 2^2 + 3^2 + (-5)^2 with 3 = 3 and 3*3^2*2 + 3^2*(-5) = 3^2.
a(56) = 1 since 56 = 6^2 + 0^2 + 2^2 + 4^2 with 6 > 2 and 3*6^2*0 + 2^2*4 = 4^2.
a(71) = 1 since 71 = 5^2 + 6^2 + 3^2 + (-1)^2 with 5 > 3 and 3*5^2*6 + 3^2*(-1) = 21^2.
a(140) = 1 since 140 = 5^2 + 3^2 + 5^2 + (-9)^2 with 5 = 5 and 3*5^2*3 + 5^2*(-9) = 0^2.
a(147) = 1 since 147 = 11^2 + 0^2 + 5^2 + 1^2 with 11 > 5 and 3*11^2*0 + 5^2*1 = 5^2.
a(156) = 1 since 156 = 7^2 + 3^2 + 7^2 + 7^2 with 7 = 7 and 3*7^2*3 + 7^2*7 = 28^2.
a(174) = 1 since 174 = 13^2 + 0^2 + 2^2 + 1^2 with 13 > 2 and 3*13^2*0 + 2^2*1 = 2^2.
a(199) = 1 since 199 = 9^2 + 1^2 + 9^2 + 6^2 with 9 = 9 and 3*9^2*1 + 9^2*6 = 27^2.
a(204) = 1 since 204 = 1^2 + 9^2 + 1^2 + (-11)^2 with 1 = 1 and 3*1^2*9 + 1^2*(-11) = 4^2.
a(263) = 1 since 263 = 3^2 + 14^2 + 3^2 + 7^2 with 3 = 3 and
3*3^2*14 + 3^2*7 = 21^2.
a(284) = 1 since 284 = 13^2 + 3^2 + 5^2 + (-9)^2 with 13 > 5 and 3*13^2*3 + 5^2*(-9) = 36^2.
a(439) = 1 since 439 = 13^2 + 5^2 + 7^2 + (-14)^2 with 13 > 7 and 3*13^2*5 + 7^2*(-14) = 43^2.
a(4652) = 1 since 4652 = 11^2 + 21^2 + 11^2 + (-63)^2 with 11 = 11 and 3*11^2*21 + 11^2*(-63) = 0^2.
MATHEMATICA
SQ[n_]:=SQ[n]=IntegerQ[Sqrt[n]]
Do[r=0; Do[If[SQ[n-x^2-y^2-z^2]&&SQ[3x^2*y+z^2*(-1)^k*Sqrt[n-x^2-y^2-z^2]], r=r+1], {z, 0, Sqrt[(n-1)/2]}, {x, z, Sqrt[n-1-z^2]}, {y, 0, Sqrt[n-1-x^2-z^2]}, {k, 0, 1}]; Print[n, " ", r]; Continue, {n, 1, 80}]
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Zhi-Wei Sun, May 11 2016
STATUS
approved