The generalized Waring problem: A new property of positive integers (Q1916634)

This paper deals with the problem of whether a positive integer \(n\geq 1\) can be written as the sum of \(s\) summands that are \(r\)-th powers of integers which are \(\geq m\), where \(m\geq 0\) is a chosen integer. For \(m=0\) we have the classical Waring problem. In particular, in the case \(m=1\), \(r=2\), the question, what is the set of all \(s<n\) such that a given \(n\) is the sum of \(s\) positive squares, is studied.