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A072069 Number of integer solutions to the equation 2x^2+y^2+32z^2=m for an odd number m=2n-1. 7
2, 4, 0, 0, 6, 4, 0, 0, 4, 4, 0, 0, 2, 8, 0, 0, 12, 8, 0, 0, 16, 12, 0, 0, 10, 16, 0, 0, 12, 20, 0, 0, 16, 4, 0, 0, 12, 12, 0, 0, 14, 20, 0, 0, 20, 8, 0, 0, 4, 20, 0, 0, 8, 12, 0, 0, 24, 8, 0, 0, 14, 8, 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 2 a(n) = A072068(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; soln2=Table[0, {maxN/2}]; xMax=Ceiling[Sqrt[maxN/2]]; yMax=Ceiling[Sqrt[maxN]]; zMax=Ceiling[Sqrt[maxN/32]]; Do[n=2x^2+y^2+32z^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]; soln2[[(n+1)/2]]+=s], {x, 0, xMax}, {y, 0, yMax}, {z, 0, zMax}]

CROSSREFS

Cf. A006991, A003273, A072068, A072070, A072071.

Sequence in context: A107501 A126732 A028586 * A004025 A102561 A072068

Adjacent sequences:  A072066 A072067 A072068 * A072070 A072071 A072072

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

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

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