A354761 Least number of squares and cubes that add up to n.

1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 1, 2, 3, 2, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 2, 3, 2, 3, 3, 4, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 2, 3, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 3, 3, 2, 2, 3, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 1, 2, 3, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 2, 2, 3, 3, 2, 3, 2, 1, 2, 3, 3, 2, 3, 3, 3, 2, 2, 2, 3, 2, 3, 3, 3, 2, 1, 2, 3, 3, 2, 3

Offset: 1

Author

Peter Schorn, Jun 06 2022

Keywords

• nonn

Comments

a(n) <= 4 since any number can be written as a sum of 4 squares (Lagrange's theorem).

Sequence first differs from A063274, A225926 and A274459 at n = 32 since 32 is a powerful number, a prime power and a perfect power but neither a square nor a cube.

Examples

			a(1) = 1, a(4) = 1 (4 = 2^2), a(7) = 4 (7 = 2^2 + 1^2 + 1^2 + 1^2), a(8) = 1 (8 = 2^3), a(12) = 2 (12 = 2^3 + 2^2), a(17) = 2 (17 = 4^2 + 1^2), a(32) = 2 (32 = 4^2 + 4^2).
		

Crossrefs

Cf. A002760, A063274, A225926, A274459, A002376, A002828, A000290, A000578.

Programs

PARI

lista(n) = {my(v = vector(n)); for(j = 2, 3, for(i = 2, sqrtnint(n, j), v[i^j] = 1)); v[1]=1; v[2]=2; for(i=3, #v, if(v[i]==0, v[i] = vecmin(vector(i\2, k, v[k] + v[i-k])))); v}