A271775 Number of ordered ways to write n as x^2 + y^2 + z^2 + w^2 (x >= y >= z <= w) with x - y a square, where w,x,y,z are nonnegative integers.

1, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 3, 2, 1, 4, 3, 1, 2, 2, 3, 2, 3, 5, 5, 3, 2, 3, 4, 3, 1, 4, 6, 5, 4, 3, 5, 3, 2, 5, 4, 3, 5, 4, 5, 2, 2, 8, 9, 5, 4, 8, 2, 1, 3, 5, 9, 7, 6, 2, 7, 4, 1, 5, 6, 6, 4, 5, 7, 8, 2, 6, 12, 7, 5, 4, 7

Offset: 0

Author

Zhi-Wei Sun, Apr 13 2016

Keywords

• nonn

Comments

Conjecture: (i) a(n) > 0 for all n = 0,1,2,..., and a(n) = 1 only for n = 0, 3, 11, 47, 2^{4k+3}*m (k = 0,1,2,... and m = 1, 3, 7, 15, 79).

(ii) Let a and b be positive integers with a <= b and gcd(a,b) squarefree. Then any natural number can be written as x^2 + y^2 + z^2 + w^2 with w,x,y,z nonnegative integers and a*x-b*y a square, if and only if (a,b) is among the ordered pairs (1,1), (2,1), (2,2), (4,3), (6,2). Verified for all nonnegative integers up to 10^11. - Mauro Fiorentini, Jun 14 2024

(iii) Let a and b be positive integers with gcd(a,b) squarefree. Then any natural number can be written as x^2 + y^2 + z^2 + w^2 with x,y,z,w nonnegative integers and a*x+b*y a square, if and only if {a,b} is among {1,2}, {1,3} and {1,24}. Verified for all nonnegative integers up to 10^11. - Mauro Fiorentini, Jun 14 2024

(iv) Let a,b,c be positive integers with a <= b and gcd(a,b,c) squarefree. Then, any natural number can be written as x^2 + y^2 + z^2 + w^2 with w,x,y,z nonnegative integers and a*x+b*y-c*z a square, if and only if (a,b,c) is among the triples (1,1,1), (1,1,2), (1,2,1), (1,2,2), (1,2,3), (1,3,1), (1,3,3), (1,4,4), (1,5,1), (1,6,6), (1,8,6), (1,12,4), (1,16,1), (1,17,1), (1,18,1), (2,2,2), (2,2,4), (2,3,2), (2,3,3), (2,4,1), (2,4,2), (2,6,1), (2,6,2), (2,6,6), (2,7,4), (2,7,7), (2,8,2), (2,9,2), (2,32,2), (3,3,3), (3,4,2), (3,4,3), (3,8,3), (4,5,4), (4,8,3), (4,9,4), (4,14,14), (5,8,5), (6,8,6), (6,10,8), (7,9,7), (7,18,7), (7,18,12), (8,9,8), (8,14,14), (8,18,8), (14,32,14), (16,18,16), (30,32,30), (31,32,31), (48,49,48), (48,121,48). Verified for all nonnegative integers up to 10^11. - Mauro Fiorentini, Jun 14 2024

(v) Let a,b,c be positive integers with b <= c and gcd(a,b,c) squarefree. Then, any natural number can be written as x^2 + y^2 + z^2 + w^2 with w,x,y,z nonnegative integers and a*x-b*y-c*z a square, if and only if (a,b,c) is among the triples (1,1,1), (2,1,1), (2,1,2), (3,1,2) and (4,1,2).

(vi) Let a,b,c,d be positive integers with a <= b, c <= d and gcd(a,b,c,d) squarefree. Then, any natural number can be written as x^2 + y^2 + z^2 + w^2 with w,x,y,z nonnegative integers and a*x+b*y-(c*z+d*w) a square, if and only if (a,b,c,d) is among the quadruples (1,2,1,1), (1,2,1,2), (1,3,1,2), (1,4,1,3), (2,4,1,2), (2,4,2,4), (8,16,7,8), (9,11,2,9) and (9,16,2,7).

(vii) Let a,b,c,d be positive integers with a <= b <= c and gcd(a,b,c,d) squarefree. Then, any natural number can be written as x^2 + y^2 + z^2 + w^2 with w,x,y,z nonnegative integers and a*x+b*y+c*z-d*w a square, if and only if (a,b,c,d) is among the quadruples (1,1,2,1), (1,2,3,1), (1,2,3,3), (1,2,4,2), (1,2,4,4), (1,2,5,5), (1,2,6,2), (1,2,8,1), (2,2,4,4), (2,4,6,4), (2,4,6,6), and (2,4,8,2).

It is known that any natural number not of the form 4^k*(16*m+14) (k,m = 0,1,2,...) can be written as x^2 + y^2 + 2*z^2 = x^2 + y^2 + z^2 + z^2 with x,y,z nonnegative integers.

See also A271510, A271513, A271518, A271644, A271665, A271714, A271721 and A271724 for other conjectures refining Lagrange's four-square theorem.

Examples

			a(3) = 1 since 3 = 1^2 + 1^2 + 0^2 + 1^2 with 1 = 1 > 0 < 1 and 1 - 1 = 0^2.
a(7) = 1 since 7 = 1^2 + 1^2 + 1^2 + 2^2 with 1 = 1 = 1 < 2 and 1 - 1 = 0^2.
a(8) = 1 since 8 = 2^2 + 2^2 + 0^2 + 0^2 with 2 = 2 > 0 = 0 and 2 - 2 = 0^2.
a(11) = 1 since 11 = 1^2 + 1^2 + 0^2 + 3^2 with 1 = 1 > 0 < 3 and 1 - 1 = 0^2.
a(24) = 1 since 24 = 2^2 + 2^2 + 0^2 + 4^2 with 2 = 2 > 0 < 4 and 2 - 2 = 0^2.
a(47) = 1 since 47 = 3^2 + 3^2 + 2^2 + 5^2 with 3 = 3 > 2 < 5 and 3 - 3 = 0^2.
a(53) = 2 since 53 = 3^2 + 2^2 + 2^2 + 6^2 with 3 > 2 = 2 < 6 and 3 - 2 = 1^2, and also 53 = 6^2 + 2^2 + 2^2 + 3^2 with 6 > 2 = 2 < 3 and 6 - 2 = 2^2.
a(56) = 1 since 56 = 6^2 + 2^2 + 0^2 + 4^2 with 6 > 2 > 0 < 4 and 6 - 2 = 2^2.
a(120) = 1 since 120 = 8^2 + 4^2 + 2^2 + 6^2 with 8 > 4 > 2 < 6 and 8 - 4 = 2^2.
a(632) = 1 since 632 = 16^2 + 12^2 + 6^2 + 14^2 with 16 > 12 > 6 < 14 and 16 - 12 = 2^2.
		

References

• L. E. Dickson, Modern Elementary Theory of Numbers, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1939, pp. 112-113.

Links

• Zhi-Wei Sun, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..10000
• Zhi-Wei Sun, On universal sums of polygonal numbers, arXiv:0905.0635 [math.NT], 2009-2015; Sci. China Math. 58(2015), 1367-1396.
• Zhi-Wei Sun, Refining Lagrange's four-square theorem, arXiv:1604.06723 [math.GM], 2016.

Crossrefs

Cf. A000118, A000290, A259789, A271510, A271513, A271518, A271608, A271644, A271665, A271714, A271721, A271724.

Programs

Mathematica

SQ[n_]:=SQ[n]=IntegerQ[Sqrt[n]]
Do[r=0;Do[If[SQ[x-y]&&SQ[n-x^2-y^2-z^2],r=r+1],{z,0,Sqrt[n/4]},{y,z,Sqrt[(n-z^2)/2]},{x,y,Sqrt[(n-y^2-z^2)]}];Print[n," ",r];Continue,{n,0,70}]