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A072068 Number of integer solutions to the equation 2x^2+y^2+8z^2=m for an odd number m=2n-1. 7
2, 4, 0, 0, 10, 12, 0, 0, 16, 12, 0, 0, 10, 16, 0, 0, 16, 24, 0, 0, 32, 12, 0, 0, 18, 24, 0, 0, 16, 36, 0, 0, 32, 12, 0, 0, 16, 28, 0, 0, 34, 36, 0, 0, 48, 24, 0, 0, 16, 36, 0, 0, 32, 36, 0, 0, 32, 24, 0, 0, 26, 24, 0, 0 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

1,1

COMMENTS

Related to primitive congruent numbers A006991.

Assuming the Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture, the odd number 2n-1 is a congruent number if it is squarefree and a(n) = 2 A072069(n).

REFERENCES

J. B. Tunnell, A classical Diophantine problem and modular forms of weight 3/2, Invent. Math., 72 (1983), 323-334.

LINKS

T. D. Noe, Table of n, a(n) for n=1..10000

Clay Mathematics Institute, The Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer Conjecture

Department of Pure Maths., Univ. Sheffield, Pythagorean triples and the congruent number problem

Karl Rubin, Elliptic curves and right triangles

EXAMPLE

a(2) = 4 because (1,1,0), (-1,1,0), (1,-1,0) and (-1,-1,0) are solutions when m=3.

MATHEMATICA

maxN=128; soln1=Table[0, {maxN/2}]; xMax=Ceiling[Sqrt[maxN/2]]; yMax=Ceiling[Sqrt[maxN]]; zMax=Ceiling[Sqrt[maxN/8]]; Do[n=2x^2+y^2+8z^2; If[OddQ[n]&&n<maxN, s=8; If[x==0, s=s/2]; If[y==0, s=s/2]; If[z==0, s=s/2]; soln1[[(n+1)/2]]+=s], {x, 0, xMax}, {y, 0, yMax}, {z, 0, zMax}]

CROSSREFS

Cf. A006991, A003273, A072069, A072070, A072071.

Sequence in context: A072069 A004025 A102561 * A078145 A074078 A130659

Adjacent sequences:  A072065 A072066 A072067 * A072069 A072070 A072071

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

T. D. Noe (noe(AT)sspectra.com), Jun 13 2002

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