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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.

%I A271775 #24 Jul 06 2024 13:47:30
%S A271775 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,
%T A271775 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,
%U A271775 5,4,7
%N 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.
%C A271775 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).
%C A271775 (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
%C A271775 (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
%C A271775 (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
%C A271775 (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).
%C A271775 (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).
%C A271775 (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).
%C A271775 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.
%C A271775 See also A271510, A271513, A271518, A271644, A271665, A271714, A271721 and A271724 for other conjectures refining Lagrange's four-square theorem.
%D A271775 L. E. Dickson, Modern Elementary Theory of Numbers, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1939, pp. 112-113.
%H A271775 Zhi-Wei Sun, <a href="/A271775/b271775.txt">Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..10000</a>
%H A271775 Zhi-Wei Sun, <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/0905.0635">On universal sums of polygonal numbers</a>, arXiv:0905.0635 [math.NT], 2009-2015; Sci. China Math. 58(2015), 1367-1396.
%H A271775 Zhi-Wei Sun, <a href="http://arxiv.org/abs/1604.06723">Refining Lagrange's four-square theorem</a>, arXiv:1604.06723 [math.GM], 2016.
%e A271775 a(3) = 1 since 3 = 1^2 + 1^2 + 0^2 + 1^2 with 1 = 1 > 0 < 1 and 1 - 1 = 0^2.
%e A271775 a(7) = 1 since 7 = 1^2 + 1^2 + 1^2 + 2^2 with 1 = 1 = 1 < 2 and 1 - 1 = 0^2.
%e A271775 a(8) = 1 since 8 = 2^2 + 2^2 + 0^2 + 0^2 with 2 = 2 > 0 = 0 and 2 - 2 = 0^2.
%e A271775 a(11) = 1 since 11 = 1^2 + 1^2 + 0^2 + 3^2 with 1 = 1 > 0 < 3 and 1 - 1 = 0^2.
%e A271775 a(24) = 1 since 24 = 2^2 + 2^2 + 0^2 + 4^2 with 2 = 2 > 0 < 4 and 2 - 2 = 0^2.
%e A271775 a(47) = 1 since 47 = 3^2 + 3^2 + 2^2 + 5^2 with 3 = 3 > 2 < 5 and 3 - 3 = 0^2.
%e A271775 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.
%e A271775 a(56) = 1 since 56 = 6^2 + 2^2 + 0^2 + 4^2 with 6 > 2 > 0 < 4 and 6 - 2 = 2^2.
%e A271775 a(120) = 1 since 120 = 8^2 + 4^2 + 2^2 + 6^2 with 8 > 4 > 2 < 6 and 8 - 4 = 2^2.
%e A271775 a(632) = 1 since 632 = 16^2 + 12^2 + 6^2 + 14^2 with 16 > 12 > 6 < 14 and 16 - 12 = 2^2.
%t A271775 SQ[n_]:=SQ[n]=IntegerQ[Sqrt[n]]
%t A271775 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}]
%Y A271775 Cf. A000118, A000290, A259789, A271510, A271513, A271518, A271608, A271644, A271665, A271714, A271721, A271724.
%K A271775 nonn
%O A271775 0,2
%A A271775 _Zhi-Wei Sun_, Apr 13 2016