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A263849
Let R = Z((1+sqrt{5})/2) denote the ring of integers in the real quadratic number field of discriminant 5. Let nu in R be a totally positive element of norm m = A031363(n). Then a(n) is the number of ways of writing nu as a sum of three squares in R.
3
1, 6, 12, 24, 32, 24, 54, 24, 24, 30, 24, 48, 48, 96, 24, 48, 96, 48, 24, 120, 108, 48, 72, 48, 120, 54, 48, 48, 48, 84, 72, 120, 72, 78, 48, 144
OFFSET
0,2
COMMENTS
Let R = Z((1+sqrt{5})/2) denote the ring of integers in the real quadratic number field of discriminant 5. The main result of Maass (1941) is that every totally positive nu in R is a sum of 3 squares x^2+y^2+z^2 with x,y,z in R. The number N_{nu} of such representations is given by the formula in the theorem on page 191. The norms of the totally positive elements nu are rational integers m belonging to A031363, so we can order the terms of the sequence according to the values m = A031363(n). [Comment based on remarks from Gabriele Nebe.]
The terms were computed with the aid of Magma by David Durstoff, Nov 11 2015.
The attached file from David Durstoff gives list of pairs m=A031363(n), a(n), and also the initial terms of Maass's series theta(tau). David Durstoff says: "I expressed theta(tau) in terms of two variables q1 and q2. The coefficient of q1^k q2^m is a(nu) with k = trace(nu/delta) and m = trace(nu), where delta = (5+sqrt{5})/2 is a generator of the different ideal. I computed the terms for q1^0 to q1^10 and all possible powers of q2."
REFERENCES
Maass, Hans. Über die Darstellung total positiver Zahlen des Körpers R (sqrt(5)) als Summe von drei Quadraten, Abhandlungen aus dem Mathematischen Seminar der Universität Hamburg. Vol. 14. No. 1, pp. 185-191, 1941.
CROSSREFS
Cf. A031363 (the norms), A035187 (number of ideals with that norm).
See A263850 for another version of this sequence.
Sequence in context: A365470 A110967 A000082 * A227416 A106697 A323002
KEYWORD
nonn,more
AUTHOR
N. J. A. Sloane, Nov 15 2015
STATUS
approved