Seeds for Generalized Taxicab Numbers

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Abstract: The generalized taxicab number

T (n, m, t)

is equal to the smallest number that is the sum of

n

positive

m

th powers in

t

ways. This definition is inspired by Ramanujan's observation that

1729 = 1^{3} + 1 2^{3} = 9^{3} + 1 0^{3}

is the smallest number that is the sum of two cubes in two ways and thus

1729 = T (2, 3, 2)

. In this paper we prove that for any given positive integers

m

and

t

, there exists a number

s

such

T (s + k, m, t) = T (s, m, t) + k

for every

k g e q 0

. The smallest such

s

is termed the seed for the generalized taxicab number. Furthermore, we find explicit expressions for this seed number when the number of ways

t

is 2 or 3 and present a conjecture for

t g e q 4

ways.

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