On the number of representations of n as a linear combination of four triangular numbers. II.

DOI10.1142/S1793042117500300zbMATH Open1380.33012OpenAlexW4232962141WikidataQ114072001 ScholiaQ114072001MaRDI QIDQ2969715FDOQ2969715

Authors Zhihong Sun, Min Wang 

Publication date 23 March 2017

Published in International Journal of Number Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1511.00478

zbMATH Keywords

theta functionnumber representationpower series expansiontriangular number

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Other functions defined by series and integrals (33E20) Power series (including lacunary series) in one complex variable (30B10) Sums of squares and representations by other particular quadratic forms (11E25) Representation problems (11D85)

Abstract: Let $BbbZ$ and $BbbN$ be the set of integers and the set of positive integers, respectively. For $a,b,c,d,ninBbbN$ let $N(a,b,c,d;n)$ be the number of representations of $n$ by $a{x}^2+b{y}^2+c{z}^2+d{w}^2$, and let $t(a,b,c,d;n)$ be the number of representations of $n$ by $ax(x-1)/2+by(y-1)/2+cz(z-1)/2+dw(w-1)/2$ $(x,y,z,winBbbZ$). In this paper we reveal the connections between $t(a,b,c,d;n)$ and $N(a,b,c,d;n)$. Suppose $a,ninBbbN$ and $2mida$. We show that ${\displaystyle }$t(a,b,c,d;n)=frac 23N(a,b,c,d;8n+a+b+c+d)-2N(a,b,c,d;2n+(a+b+c+d)/4)${\displaystyle }$ for $(a,b,c,d)=(a,a,2a,8m),(a,3a,8k+2,8m+6),(a,3a,8m+4,8m+4)(nequivm+fraca-12pmod2)$ and $(a,3a,16k+4,16m+4)(nequivfraca-12pmod2)$. We also obtain explicit formulas for $t(a,b,c,d;n)$ in the cases $(a,b,c,d)=(1,1,2,8),(1,1,2,16),(1,2,3,6),(1,3,4,12),(1,1,$ $3,4),(1,1,5,5),(1,5,5,5),(1,3,3,12),(1,1,1,12),(1,1,3,12)$ and $(1,3,3,4)$.

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