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A281939 Number of ways to write n as x^2 + y^2 + z^2 + w^2 with x - y and 3*z + w both squares, where x,y,z are nonnegative integers and w is an integer. 13

%I #7 Feb 03 2017 02:57:04

%S 1,2,3,2,1,2,2,2,2,3,5,2,1,4,3,3,3,3,6,1,1,4,1,2,2,3,7,5,3,3,3,4,3,4,

%T 8,3,2,4,3,4,5,7,10,2,1,7,1,2,5,2,7,4,3,4,2,3,3,3,7,4,4,3,3,6,1,5,12,

%U 4,1,4,4,3,4,5,8,4,3,4,4,3,5

%N Number of ways to write n as x^2 + y^2 + z^2 + w^2 with x - y and 3*z + w both squares, where x,y,z are nonnegative integers and w is an integer.

%C Conjecture: (i) a(n) > 0 for all n = 0,1,2,....

%C (ii) Any nonnegative integer n can be written as x^2 + y^2 + z^2 + w^2 with |2*x-y| and 3*z+2*w both squares, where x,y,z are nonnegative integers and w is an integer.

%C (iii) Any nonnegative integer n can be written as x^2 + y^2 + z^2 + w^2 with x+2*y a square and z+2*w twice a square, where x,y,z,w are integers.

%C (iv) For each k = 1,3, every nonnegative integer n can be written as x^2 + y^2 + z^2 + w^2 with x+k*y and z+5*w both squares, where x,y,z,w are integers.

%C (v) Any nonnegative integer n can be written as x^2 + y^2 + z^2 + w^2 with x+2*y and 6*z+2*w both squares, where x,y,z,w are integers.

%H Zhi-Wei Sun, <a href="/A281939/b281939.txt">Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..10000</a>

%H Zhi-Wei Sun, <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jnt.2016.11.008">Refining Lagrange's four-square theorem</a>, J. Number Theory 175(2017), 167-190.

%e a(4) = 1 since 4 = 1^2 + 1^2 + 1^2 + 1^2 with 1 - 1 = 0^2 and 3*1 + 1 = 2^2.

%e a(12) = 1 since 12 = 1^2 + 1^2 + 1^2 + (-3)^2 with 1 - 1 = 0^2 and 3*1 + (-3) = 0^2.

%e a(19) = 1 since 19 = 3^2 + 3^2 + 0^2 + 1^2 with 3 - 3 = 0^2 and 3*0 + 1 = 1^2.

%e a(20) = 1 since 20 = 3^2 + 3^2 + 1^2 + 1^2 with 3 - 3 = 0^2 and 3*1 + 1 = 2^2.

%e a(22) = 1 since 22 = 3^2 + 2^2 + 3^2 + 0^2 with 3 - 2 = 1^2 and 3*3 + 0 = 3^2.

%e a(44) = 1 since 44 = 3^2 + 3^2 + 5^2 + 1^2 with 3 - 3 = 0^2 and 3*5 + 1 = 4^2.

%e a(46) = 1 since 46 = 5^2 + 4^2 + 1^2 + (-2)^2 with 5 - 4 = 1^2 and 3*1 + (-2) = 1^2.

%e a(68) = 1 since 68 = 7^2 + 3^2 + 1^2 + (-3)^2 with 7 - 3 = 2^2 and 3*1 + (-3) = 0^2.

%e a(212) = 1 since 212 = 5^2 + 5^2 + 9^2 + 9^2 with 5 - 5 = 0^2 and 3*9 + 9 = 6^2.

%e a(1144) = 1 since 1144 = 20^2 + 16^2 + 22^2 + (-2)^2 with 20 - 16 = 2^2 and 3*22 + (-2) = 8^2.

%t SQ[n_]:=SQ[n]=IntegerQ[Sqrt[n]];

%t Do[r=0;Do[If[SQ[n-x^2-y^2-z^2]&&SQ[x-y]&&SQ[3z+(-1)^k*Sqrt[n-x^2-y^2-z^2]],r=r+1],{y,0,Sqrt[n/2]},{x,y,Sqrt[n-y^2]},{z,0,Sqrt[n-x^2-y^2]},{k,0,Min[Sqrt[n-x^2-y^2-z^2],1]}]; Print[n," ",r];Continue,{n,0,80}]

%Y Cf. A000118, A000290, A271775, A281941.

%K nonn

%O 0,2

%A _Zhi-Wei Sun_, Feb 02 2017

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