A178786 Express n as the sum of four squares, x^2+y^2+z^2+w^2, with x>=y>=z>=w>=0, maximizing the value of x. Then a(n) is that x.

0, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3, 4, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 4, 5, 5, 5, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 5, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 6, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 7, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 7, 8, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 8, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 8, 9, 9, 9, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 9, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 9, 10

Offset

0,5

Comments

Lagrange's theorem tells us that each positive integer can be written as a sum of four squares.

Links

David Consiglio, Jr., Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..10000

David Consiglio, Jr., Python program

Prog

(Python)
from math import *
for nbre in range(0, 500): # or more than 500 !
    maxc4=0
    for c1 in range(0, int(sqrt(nbre/4))+1):
        for c2 in range(c1, int(sqrt(nbre/3))+1):
            for c3 in range(c2, int(sqrt(nbre/2))+1):
                s3=c3**2+c2**2+c1**2
                if s3<=nbre:
                    c4=sqrt(nbre-s3)
                    if int(c4)==c4 and c4>=c3:
                        if c4>maxc4:
                            maxc4=int(c4)
    print(maxc4, end=', ')

Crossrefs

Cf. A122922, A122923, A122924, A122925, A122926, A122927, A002330, A122921.

Analogs for 3 squares: A261904 and A261915.

Sequence in context: A227581 A263846 A350088 * A350174 A000196 A111850

Adjacent sequences: A178783 A178784 A178785 * A178787 A178788 A178789

Keyword

nonn

Author

Sébastien Dumortier, Jun 24 2011

Status

approved