On x(ax+1)+y(by+1)+z(cz+1) and x(ax+b)+y(ay+c)+z(az+d)

DOI10.1016/J.JNT.2016.07.024zbMATH Open1368.11027OpenAlexW2963614990MaRDI QIDQ331122FDOQ331122

Authors: Zhi-Wei Sun 

Publication date: 26 October 2016

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

Abstract: In this paper we first investigate for what positive integers $a,b,c$ every nonnegative integer $n$ can be represented as $x(ax+1)+y(by+1)+z(cz+1)$ with $x,y,z$ integers. We show that $(a,b,c)$ can be either of the following seven triples: ${\displaystyle }$(1,2,3), (1,2,4), (1,2,5), (2,2,4), (2,2,5), (2,3,3), (2,3,4),${\displaystyle }$ and conjecture that any triple $(a,b,c)$ among ${\displaystyle }$(2,2,6), (2,3,5), (2,3,7), (2,3,8), (2,3,9), (2,3,10)${\displaystyle }$ also has the desired property. For integers $0leblecledlea$ with $a>2$, we prove that any nonnegative integer can be represented as $x(ax+b)+y(ay+c)+z(az+d)$ with $x,y,z$ integers, if and only if the quadruple $(a,b,c,d)$ is among ${\displaystyle }$(3,0,1,2), (3,1,1,2), (3,1,2,2), (3,1,2,3), (4,1,2,3).${\displaystyle }$

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1505.03679

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zbMATH Keywords

quadratic polynomialsrepresentations of integersuniversal sums

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General ternary and quaternary quadratic forms; forms of more than two variables (11E20) Sums of squares and representations by other particular quadratic forms (11E25) Representation problems (11D85)

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