A303233 Number of ways to write n as a*(a+1)/2 + b*(b+1)/2 + 2^c + 2^d, where a,b,c,d are nonnegative integers with a <= b and c <= d.

0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 4, 6, 7, 7, 7, 9, 7, 8, 9, 9, 8, 12, 11, 11, 11, 11, 11, 14, 11, 13, 12, 11, 10, 14, 11, 12, 17, 15, 12, 16, 14, 15, 17, 19, 15, 16, 13, 15, 17, 17, 16, 20, 16, 14, 17, 17, 14, 22, 17, 14, 14, 17, 15, 19

Offset: 1

Author

Zhi-Wei Sun, Apr 20 2018

Keywords

• nonn

Comments

Conjecture: a(n) > 0 for all n > 1. In other words, any integer n > 1 can be written as the sum of two triangular numbers and two powers of 2.

a(n) > 0 for all n = 2..10^9. See A303234 for numbers of the form x*(x+1)/2 + 2^y with x and y nonnegative integers. See also A303363 for a stronger conjecture.

In contrast, Crocker proved in 2008 that there are infinitely many positive integers not representable as the sum of two squares and at most two powers of 2.

Examples

			a(2) = 1 with 2 = 0*(0+1)/2 + 0*(0+1)/2 + 2^0 + 2^0.
a(3) = 2 with 3 = 0*(0+1)/2 + 1*(1+1)/2 + 2^0 + 2^0 = 0*(0+1)/2 + 0*(0+1)/2 + 2^0 + 2^1.
a(4) = 3 with 4 = 1*(1+1)/2 + 1*(1+1)/2 + 2^0 + 2^0 = 0*(0+1)/2 + 1*(1+1)/2 + 2^0 + 2^1 = 0*(0+1)/2 + 0*(0+1)/2 + 2^1 + 2^1.
		

References

• R. C. Crocker, On the sum of two squares and two powers of k, Colloq. Math. 112(2008), 235-267.

Links

• Zhi-Wei Sun, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000
• Zhi-Wei Sun, Refining Lagrange's four-square theorem, J. Number Theory 175(2017), 167-190.
• Zhi-Wei Sun, New conjectures on representations of integers (I), Nanjing Univ. J. Math. Biquarterly 34(2017), no. 2, 97-120.
• Zhi-Wei Sun, Restricted sums of four squares, arXiv:1701.05868 [math.NT], 2017-2018.

Crossrefs

Cf. A000079, A000217, A271518, A273812, A281976, A299924, A299537, A299794, A300219, A300362, A300396, A300441, A301376, A301391, A301471, A301472, A302920, A302981, A302982, A302983, A302984, A302985, A303234, A303338, A303363.

Programs

Mathematica

SQ[n_]:=SQ[n]=IntegerQ[Sqrt[n]];
f[n_]:=f[n]=FactorInteger[n];
g[n_]:=g[n]=Sum[Boole[Mod[Part[Part[f[n],i],1],4]==3&&Mod[Part[Part[f[n],i],2],2]==1],{i,1,Length[f[n]]}]==0;
QQ[n_]:=QQ[n]=(n==0)||(n>0&&g[n]);
tab={};Do[r=0;Do[If[QQ[4(n-2^k-2^j)+1],Do[If[SQ[8(n-2^k-2^j-x(x+1)/2)+1],r=r+1],{x,0,(Sqrt[4(n-2^k-2^j)+1]-1)/2}]],{k,0,Log[2,n]-1},{j,k,Log[2,n-2^k]}];tab=Append[tab,r],{n,1,60}];Print[tab]